A new study led by researchers at the University of Hawaii (UH) at Mānoa published in Nature Communications is the first of ...

Scientists have discovered that deep-sea mining plumes can strip vital nutrition from the ocean’s twilight zone, replacing natural food with nutrient-poor sediment. The resulting “junk food” effect ...

As reported by Mongabay, delegates at the International Union for Conservation of Nature Congress in Abu Dhabi voted to ...

Scientists caution that unchecked mining could disrupt ocean food webs from the depths to dinner plates worldwide.

A new study finds that deep-sea mining waste in the ocean’s twilight zone could disrupt food webs and starve midwater ...

New research from University of Hawai‘i at Manoa warns that particle plumes from Pacific mining operations could starve ...

Drilling for minerals deep in the ocean could have immense consequences on the tiny animals at the core of the vast ocean ...

As the Arctic Ocean loses its sea ice due to climate change, sunlight penetrates deeper into the water and encourages the ...

Documentation provides one of the most detailed observations of seafloor biodiversity and habitats at these depths ...

The twilight zone hosts a diversity of life - including tiny krill, fish, squid, octopus and gelatinous species such as ...

The mesopelagic zone is the chilly, dimly lit layer of ocean found 200-1,000 meters (660-3,300 feet) below the surface, which scientists say plays key roles in the marine food web and carbon cycle. On ...

Microorganisms in the Black Sea can produce large amounts of the potent greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N2O). However, this gas ...