The European Academies’ Science Advisory Council has announced its support for a moratorium on deep-sea mining. In a new report, the council conveys its skepticism that deep-sea mining is necessary to ...

The deep-sea Venus flower basket sponge can filter feed using only the faint ambient currents of the ocean depths, no pumping required, new research reveals. This discovery of natural 'zero energy' ...

An independent system of accountability never materialized. In 2021, Norway elected a new government. And last week, its parliament voted to allow the controversial practice of sea-bed mining. This ...