Countries have debated for decades whether to allow mining on the ocean floor, a potential trove of critical minerals. Now, ...

Marine ecosystems in the deep ocean show little sign of recovery even decades after experimental mining, according to new ...

This continental slope plunges into depths sunlight cannot reach, through the aphotic zone all the way to the gigantic abyssal plain. Much of the abyssal plain is between 3,000 and 6,000 meters (1 ...

Marine life in the deep ocean can take decades to recover from the impact of deep-sea mining for rare metals, new research shows.

yet we're debating whether we should be going to pick up these rocks that sit on the abyssal plain? Something has got screwed up here," Barron said in an interview with NPR earlier this month.

Countries have debated for decades whether to allow mining on the ocean floor, a potential trove of critical minerals. Now, a ...

yet we're debating whether we should be going to pick up these rocks that sit on the abyssal plain? Something has got screwed up here," Barron said in an interview with NPR. Many marine scientists ...

This would map out a baseline for life in the abyssal plain, so that potential harm can be better understood. Conservation group Fauna & Flora has said risks range from damage to the ocean food web, ...