Since the 1960s, saturation diving has enabled humans to build underwater pipelines and structures. Workers spend weeks under immense pressure, separated from death by just inches of rubber or steel.

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

Imagine a layer of the ocean so teeming with life that, when first discovered, scientists mistook it for the seafloor. This ...

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