Deep-Sea

Science & Nature Although understanding deep-sea ecosystems will require decades of additional scientific work (1), activation for the first time of the socalled “2-year...

Battery materials dot the ocean floor. Should we go get them?Polymetallic nodules contain nickel, cobalt, and other key battery ingredients.ROV KIEL 6000, GEOMAR via Wikipedia I’ve been on the road this week, and by a stroke of luck I got to visit one of my favorite places in the world: the whale shark exhibit at

As meetings to oversee deep-sea mining on the high seas draw to a close, it remains unclear whether regulators will allow it to commence in the near future. At the March 7-31 meetings in Kingston, Jamaica, of the International Seabed Authority (ISA), the U.N.-associated body responsible for regulating deep-sea mining in international waters...

Science & Nature Ocean manipulation to mitigate climate change may harm deep-sea ecosystems...Read MoreLyndia Culton