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The Trump Administration Wants Seafloor Mining. What Does That Mean?
On Thursday, President Trump signed an executive order that aims to permit, for the first time, industrial mining of the ...
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In 1979, a Deep-Sea Mining Experiment in the Pacific Altered the Seafloor—44 Years Later, Its Environmental Impact is Still Revealing Itself
In 1979, a deep-sea mining experiment in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) left a lasting mark on the seabed. Decades later, ...
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Why We Must Explore the Sea
Satellite data, in other words, only gives a rough idea of what lies beneath the sea. Only a tiny percentage of the ocean floor has been carefully mapped, which means we know less about 71 percent ...
Humanity Is Closer Than Ever to Living Underwater—And Our First Undersea Birth Could Happen By 2050
A U.K. startup wants to be the SpaceX of the deep sea, and hopes to establish a permanent human residence on the ocean floor ...
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The U.S. takes a step toward allowing mining on the ocean floor, a fragile ecosystem
President Trump signed an order Thursday aimed at making it easier for companies to mine the ocean floor. Scientists and ...
Scientists Reportedly Discover New Species of Marine Life on the Antarctic Ocean Floor
Scientists find strange sea pigs, giant sea spiders, and a butterfly-like animal beneath the Antarctic Ocean’s icy surface.
Colossal squid filmed alive in the ocean for first time 100 years after discovery
Since its discovery in 1925, only eight adult specimens have been reported, severely limiting scientists’ ability to research ...
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Deep-sea mining threatens sea life in a way no one is thinking about − by dumping debris into the thriving midwater zone
Alexus Cazares-Nuesser, University of Hawaii (THE CONVERSATION) Picture an ocean world so deep and dark it feels like another planet – where creatures glow and life survives under crushing pressure.
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Strange 'sea pigs,' sea spiders and a spawning 'butterfly' discovered on Antarctic ocean floor by scientists
Scientists on an icebreaker ship have captured a number of weird and wacky animals from Antarctica's ocean floor, including a bizarre pig-shaped creature.