Conservationists say retrieving mineral-rich rocks will destroy sea life. Environmental studies show conflicting results.

By Andrew D. Thaler When I set sail on the MV NorSky in the summer of 2008 to probe the depths of Manus Basin off the coast ...

ROV Control Room Earlier submissions included over 12, 000 seafloor images taken using Remotely Operated Vehicles which ...

Deep beneath the Pacific Ocean floor, sediment cores hold secrets that could reshape how scientists predict Earth's climate future. These deep-sea layers capture snapshots of ancient oceans, revealing ...

Elisa Baldrighi, Ph.D., is a research assistant professor in the Department of Biology. She received her Ph.D. in marine biology and ecology from the Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, in 2013.

Mining the seafloor for valuable metals could send dangerous ripples through ocean food webs. Tiny floating plankton, the base of the food web, can accidentally ingest particles of sediment kicked up ...

Deep sea sediments contain treasure troves of information about marine ecosystems and past climate scenarios, yet remain understudied clues into Earth's environmental future, according to researchers.

Mining of polymetallic nodules from the seabed might lead to significant and long-lasting ecological changes -- both in the mined area, where surface sediments and the fauna living in and on it are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A cnidarian is attached to a dead sponge stalk on a manganese nodule in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. Diva Amon and Craig Smith, ...