Unfortunately, mining activities in these regions threaten unique deep-sea species, especially those that inhabit hydrothermal vent communities and cold-water corals. These mining activities pose ...

Just a few meters beneath the clear, blue waters of Okinawa, reef-building corals known as Scleractinia have quietly lived ...

In 2024, scientists discovered the world's largest deep-sea coral reef on the Blake Plateau: more than 83,000 individual coral mound peaks spanning 500km (310 miles) in length and 100km in width ...

Dubai: Red Sea Global (RSG) announced on Sunday the discovery of a massive coral colony off the northwestern coast of Saudi Arabia, within the waters of AMAALA. The colony, a member of the Pavona ...

The mission was so remote that often the closest humans to the vessel were on the International Space Station. View on ...

Despite covering over 70% of Earth’s surface, the vast majority of the deep sea remains unexplored. In fact, scientists have now revealed that humans have directly observed less than 0.001% of ...

President Donald Trump is trying to fast track a brand new, highly controversial industry – mining critical minerals in the deep sea. Trump signed an executive order Thursday directing the ...

Justine Calma is a senior science reporter covering energy and the environment with more than a decade of experience. She is also the host of Hell or High Water: When Disaster Hits Home, a podcast ...

Here’s what we know so far. The idea of deep-sea mining has been around for about 150 years. The British warship HMS Challenger in March 1873 hauled up “several peculiar black oval bodies which were ...

And unlike the more mainstream animals under the sea — seahorses, sharks, and even deep sea anglerfish — one cool member of the aquatic community isn’t talked about or printed on baby clothes.

If they are brought to the surface accidentally (in fishing gear or by anchors, for example), they must be returned to the sea immediately. Many of these corals are typically considered deep-sea ...