(Sussex Underwater via SWNS)
The stranded shark with a hook in its mouth. (Sussex Underwater via SWNS)
(Sussex Underwater via SWNS)
(Sussex Underwater via SWNS)
The Chikyu, pictured here in 2013, will drill around the remote island of Minami Torishima
Japan will from January attempt to extract rare earth minerals from the ocean floor in the deepest trial of its kind, the director of a govern…
Huge tracts of Pacific Ocean seabed are carpeted in polymetallic nodules, bulbous lumps of rock that are rich in metals used in battery production
The Metals Company is pushing to be the first to mine these nodules in international waters
Deep-sea mining could impact marine life stretching from the tiniest bottom dwellers to apex predators like swordfish and sharks, a major piec…