Deep-sea mining threatens sea life in a way no one is thinking about: By dumping debris into the thriving midwater zone
Picture an ocean world so deep and dark it feels like another planet—where creatures glow and life survives under crushing ...
Scientist Who Discovered 'Dark Oxygen' Ignored It For Years. Here's Why.
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It’s impossible, but it just happened – Red Oxygen discovered at the bottom of the sea
Even though it's impossible, red oxygen was found at the sea's bottom. Is there a new source of oxygen in the deep sea? No ...
Race to name creatures of the deep as mining interest grows
In the cold, lightless Pacific Ocean deep, the seabed is scattered with metal-rich rocks coveted by miners—and huge numbers ...
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Scientists Race To Identify Deep-Sea Species Amid Growing Mining Interest
The mining industry is pushing regulators to finalise rules that could open the way for extraction in parts of the vast ...
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'Dark Oxygen' Discovery in Ocean Depths Draws Heavy Debate
Could lumpy metallic rocks in the deepest, darkest reaches of the ocean be making oxygen in the absence of sunlight? Some ...
Another tiny Pacific nation courts China for deep-sea mining riches
With a seabed rich in cobalt, nickel and copper, Kiribati is seeking new partners after a previous deal with a Canadian ...
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Footprints of deep-sea mining
Mining of polymetallic nodules from the seabed might lead to significant and long-lasting ecological changes -- both in the mined area, where surface sediments and the fauna living in and on it are ...
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Kiribati, China talk deep-sea mining
Pacific nation Kiribati says it is exploring a deep-sea mining partnership with China, dangling access to a vast patch of ...
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'Dark Oxygen': A Deep-Sea Discovery That Has Split Scientists
"This incredible discovery underlines the urgency of that call". The discovery was made in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, a vast underwater region of the Pacific Ocean between Mexico and Hawaii of ...
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Race to name creatures of Pacific Ocean as mining interest grows
PARIS: In the cold, lightless Pacific Ocean deep, the seabed is scattered with metal-rich rocks coveted by miners ...
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Race to name creatures of the deep as mining interest grows
A carnivorous sponge near the nodule-strewn seabed of the Clarion-Clipperton Zone - Copyright National Oceanography Centre / Smartex project (NERC)/AFP/File Handout A ...