“Mining Impact: Phase 2 of the project started in BrusselsThere are still no mining licenses for the deep-sea outside national economic zones. That ...

Previous regulations for the protection of the deep sea are inadequateThe new deep-sea mining regulations which are under development at the Internati...

Video shows swimming behaviour of a self-luminous fanfin monkfishFor the first time ever a deep-sea frogfish of the family Caulophrynidae could be obs...

Scientists examine a newly hatched dumbo octopusWith their big fins Dumbo octopods (Grimpoteuthis) remind of the giant ears of Disney's elephant of th...

Diving the Slovak Opal Mines The precious opal was discovered in the middle Ages and its name comes from the ancient Indian word "Upala" which mean...

Picocyanobacteria found to be major cause of it About half of atmospheric carbon dioxide is fixed by ocean's phytoplankton, mainly picocyanobacteria...

Scientists call for more protection and monitoring neededIn July 2016, at the 22nd Session of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) in Kingston, Ja...

The flow of moneyOften there are pure economic arguments that prevent rational decisions followed by consequences which are no longer understandable w...

Delegates to discuss solutions for marine waste, overfishing and habitat destruction In New York, The Ocean Conference, an inaugural UN summit on m...