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Deep-sea mining could unleash clouds of debris that threaten a mysterious, vital ecosystem we barely understand.

Research led by the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO-CSIC), with the participation of the Universitat Autònoma de ...

Companies are preparing to move forward with seabed mining, but a method for gathering critical minerals from the seafloor ...

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Deep-sea fish adapt to some of the most extreme conditions on Earth. New research analyzing their evolution finds the same ...

The record-breaking mission offers an unprecedented opportunity to study the geology of our planet’s largest layer.