A world-first study led by Museums Victoria Research Institute has revealed that beneath the cold, dark, pressurized world of ...

Well, the deep sea is a really tough place to work. Not only is there no sunlight whatsoever, once you go past about 500 feet. Temperatures hover just above freezing and there are crushing pressures.

One study published in Science earlier this month found that with 44,000 deep-sea dives, just 0.001% of the deep seafloor has been visually observed — which is roughly the size of Yosemite ...

Humanity has only explored 0.001% of the deep sea, according to a May 2025 study.Getty Images Reporter The Trump Administration signed an executive order late last month aiming to fast-track ...

Deep-sea mining equipment being deployed by The Metals Company during a test expedition. The company hopes to extract nodules of critical minerals from the seabed.