Half a century after the world's first deep sea mining tests picked nodules from the seafloor off the US east coast, the damage has barely begun to heal.

Government to press ahead with net zero plans as Keir Starmer rejects Tony Blair’s criticisms of climate policy

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Stunned scientists say the extremely rare squid can weigh up to 500kg (1,100lb).

A new executive order pits the United States against the rest of the world over the question of who can exploit mineral resources in shared waters.

Global full-depth ocean heat content (OHC) gain since 1960 reached a record 452 ± 77 ZJ in 2024. OHC was 15 ± 9 ZJ higher than in 2023, primarily associated with warming in the Atlantic and Indian Oce...

Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) are charismatic fauna of significant tourist and environmental interest. Nevertheless, their distribution in Brazil requires further investigation. Few studies have been...

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Scientists have collected measurements close to a giant iceberg, giving a window into the impact of meltwater on the surrounding Southern Ocean.

This study uses climate models and shows that Southern Ocean warming plays a greater role than Arctic Ocean warming in shifting tropical rainfall in a future climate, increasing rainfall in Brazil and...

Thirty-two early career researchers, tackling issues from improving food security to developing better medical implants, have been announced as the 2025 Schmidt Science Fellows and will pursue innovat...

Here’s what you need to know about one of the fastest-growing environmental and social movements worldwide—to secure legal rights for ecosystems and other parts of the natural world.

The Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC) welcomes the call for a moratorium on deep-sea mining issued in the SOS Ocean Summit Manifesto, released yesterday in Paris, as part of a high-level summit h...

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Diplomats from more than 30 nations have criticized a proposal that could allow the start of seabed mining by 2027.

A massive iceberg broke off from the George VI Ice Shelf in Antarctica in January, giving researchers a rare opportunity to observe a part of the planet never before seen by humans. Coincidentally, a…

The deep sea encompasses all marine habitats that exist below the "sunlight zone".  The sunlight zone is the surface layer of the ocean to a depth of about 200 metres (m) at which point abou...

Mining companies and the Trump administration want the metals to boost manufacturing. Environmentalists and some countries worry industrial mining would harm oceans.

Advances in long-read sequencing are driving the implementation of these technologies for transcriptome profiling. The authors provide a comprehensive guide to long-read RNA sequencing, including expe...