This continental slope plunges into depths sunlight cannot reach, through the aphotic zone all the way to the gigantic ...

Marine ecosystems in the deep ocean show little sign of recovery even decades after experimental mining, according to new ...

This would map out a baseline for life in the abyssal plain, so that potential harm can be better understood. Conservation group Fauna & Flora has said risks range from damage to the ocean food web, ...

Marine life in the deep ocean can take decades to recover from the impact of deep-sea mining for rare metals, new research shows.

The sites were around 1,000 meters deep beneath Sagami Bay, more than 9,000 meters deep along a trench off the Boso Peninsula, and nearly 6,000 meters deep on an abyssal plain located farther ...