Off the Jamaican coast, the bottom drops fast, and that is where the action starts. Heavy rigs, long leaders, and deep baits target species most anglers never see. The fights are slow, heavy, and full ...

Norway has postponed controversial deep–sea mining plans, a delay environmentalists say must be “the nail in the coffin” for the industry. Yesterday (3 December) the country’s Labour government ...

Norway is hitting pause on deep sea mining after the governing party reached a deal with the opposition to ensure adoption of its latest budget. No deep sea licences will be issued in Norway’s ...

A process to extract metals from their ore with hydrogen could make deep-sea mining for valuable materials more sustainable than mining on land, a new study claims. Swathes of the ocean floor are ...

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The updates sent by friends and neighbors on WhatsApp confirmed what fisher Prince Davis already feared: Hurricane Melissa put a hole in the stern of his 50-foot (15-meter) fishing boat, and damaged ...

Underneath the ocean's surface lies a vast and ancient world. As demand for sustainable technologies increases, attention is shifting deep beneath the waves. Deep-sea mining is capturing the attention ...

The deep sea is home to some of the weirdest creatures on Earth, from ghostly elder fish to carnivorous harp sponges. Sometimes, scientists discover more humble creatures that are so tiny that they go ...

The bumpy snailfish (Careproctus colliculi) is one of three new deep-sea species described. 2019 MBARI When you think of deep-sea fish, chances are you imagine sharp-toothed, foreboding-looking ...

For an animal, surviving in the ocean’s deepest trenches requires remarkable adaptations: a gelatinous body that can withstand pressure, bioluminescent features to guide it, and a transparent ...

The bumpy snailfish, discovered 10,000 feet down off the coast of California, shows that not all denizens of the abyss are frightening. By Alexa Robles-Gil For an animal, surviving in the ocean’s ...