Research indicates that delicate deepwater corals tolerated or adapted to major climate and salinity fluxes, “yet today, it’s ...

Now known as “polymetallic nodules”, these rock-like deposits were laden with manganese, cobalt, copper, nickel and other metals. They’ve since been discovered throughout the world’s oceans, as have ...

This robot was hunting for rocks. A three-pronged claw descended from above and ... Such metals are sought-after for use in ...

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 ...