The Metals Company wants to be the first firm to commercially mine the seafloor. The study it funded suggests that mining ...

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Machines mining minerals in the deep ocean have been found to cause significant damage to life on the seabed, scientists ...

One of the most attractive targets for deep sea mining advocates is the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ), a continent-sized ...

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A new report reveals the results of a study exploring biodiversity in a region targeted for seabed mining—capturing baseline ...

An ocean-mining company has funded some of the most comprehensive scientific studies to date, and peer-reviewed results have ...

Over a period of five years, researchers sampled the deep-sea floor of the CCZ three times before and one time two months ...

There is high global demand for critical metals, and many countries want to try extracting these sought-after metals from the ...

The deep sea has many new discoveries waiting for us, including a newly discovered species called the "death ball" sponge.

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Machines mining minerals in the deep ocean have been found to cause significant damage to life on the seabed, scientists carrying out the largest study of its kind say.