Decades of deep sea mining research show threat to seafloor creatures

There's increasing interest in deep-sea mining, but the impacts that this will have on the animals that live in the depths ...

Rare species face extinction risk from some deep-sea mining, scientists say

Rare species face extinction risk from some deep-sea mining, scientists say - .
Natural History Museum

Review of the impacts of deep-sea mining highlights the risk of biodiversity loss in unique ecosystems

“For nodule mining, some simple scientific steps would help to resolve the risk of biodiversity loss, which is still mostly ...
AOL

Animals found living underground near deep-sea hydrothermal vents

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A deep-diving robot that chiseled into the rocky Pacific seabed at a spot where two of the immense plates comprising Earth's outer shell meet has unearthed a previously unknown ...
Nanowerk

Nanopores in deep-sea hydrothermal vents and the origin of life

(Nanowerk News) Researchers led by Ryuhei Nakamura at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) in Japan and The Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) of Tokyo Institute of Technology ...
Science Daily

Nanostructures in the deep ocean floor hint at life's origin

Researchers have discovered inorganic nanostructures surrounding deep-ocean hydrothermal vents that are strikingly similar to molecules that make life as we know it possible. These nanostructures are ...
Mongabay

Deep-sea wildernesses are more important than the promise of seafloor mining (analysis)

When I set sail on the MV NorSky in the summer of 2008 to probe the depths of Manus Basin off the coast of Papua New Guinea, I believed in the promise of deep-sea mining. As an early-career deep-sea ...
Scientific American

This Deep-Sea Worm Creates a Toxic Yellow Pigment Found in Rembrandt and Cézanne Paintings

A deep-sea worm that lives in hydrothermal vents is the first known animal to create orpiment, a toxic, arsenic-containing mineral that was used by artists for centuries A bright-yellow worm that ...
Smithsonian Magazine

As Norway Considers Deep-Sea Mining, a Rich History of Ocean Conservation Decisions May Inform How the Country Acts

In the past, scientists, industry and government have worked together in surprising, tense and fruitful ways Christian Elliott A variety of marine creatures and unique features can be found in the ...