Its applications include mid-water observation, collection of organisms ... greater depths needed for scientific research in the deep sea. Jennifer Uscher is Production Assistant of NOVA Online.

The shock discovery that metallic nodules could be producing oxygen in the deep sea made headlines last year – now the team ...

A rare deep sea fish, regarded as a harbinger of doom ... Ben Frable, Scripps Marine Vertebrate Collection Manager, said: “Like with the previous oarfish, this specimen and the samples taken ...

to begin pilot nodule collection in the Clarion Clipperton Zone between Hawai‘i and Mexico. The initial mining test phase, scheduled to conclude by the end of the year, is another step in TMC’s ...