These landers will scour the deep sea for signs of ‘dark oxygen.’

Scientists announced a new expedition to study the potential origin of ‘dark oxygen’ rising from the abyss, a recent ...

Scientists Plan Deep-sea Expedition To Probe 'Dark Oxygen'

A team of scientists announced Tuesday they have developed new deep-sea landers specifically to test their contentious ...
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Scientists investigate ‘dark oxygen’ in deep-sea mining zone

Startling findings in 2024 suggested that metallic nodules on the sea floor produce oxygen and might support life. Now ...

Scientists plan deep-sea expedition to probe ‘dark oxygen’ using landers capable of diving 11km

A team of scientists announced today that they have developed new deep-sea landers specifically to test their contentious discovery that metallic rocks at the bottom of the ocean are producing “dark ...
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Ocean mining expedition provides first direct evidence of deep-sea mining impact

A mining-machine test on the deep-ocean floor resulted in species diversity declining by roughly 32% in the tracks of the ...
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China-Chile team up for largest mission to study 435-mile Atacama Trench depths

A joint China-Chile expedition aims to explore a 435-mile stretch of the Atacama Trench, a massive subduction zone in the ...
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Dozens of new deep-sea species discovered at the ocean floor

Recent scientific expeditions have unveiled a trove of new species dwelling at the bottom of the ocean, including a carnivorous “death ball” sponge in the Southern Ocean. In a separate deep-sea ...

Parts of Caribbean Sea to be mapped for the first time

The expedition is part of the Government's Blue Belt programme to support marine conservation and sustainability of the seas ...