In 1979, a deep-sea mining experiment in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) left a lasting mark on the seabed. Decades later, ...

Scattered across an abyssal plain known as the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) are polymetallic nodules that are a potato-sized ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have identified a phenomenon they're calling "dark oxygen" — oxygen produced without any sunlight — 4,000 meters beneath the Pacific Ocean in the ...

Dark oxygen discovered in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone The post Dark Oxygen Discovered: A Game-Changer in Deep-Sea Science ...

There are estimated to be around 21 billion tonnes of nodules on the seabed of the CCZ. "Our results don't provide an answer to whether deep-sea mining is societally acceptable, but they do ...

The US feels otherwise. “Under the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act, US companies can apply for exploration licenses ...

Scientists returned to a 1979 Pacific Ocean mining test site, revealing long-term sediment changes and mixed impacts on deep-sea life.

We built the world’s largest environmental dataset on the CCZ, carefully designed and tested an offshore collection system that minimizes the environmental impacts and followed every step ...

Trying to fill this void is Adrian and his colleagues. They have been going out on research vessels to the CCZ to explore, map and document the deep sea to better understand this environment and what ...

We built the world’s largest environmental dataset on the CCZ, carefully designed and tested ... affirming that deep-sea mining is a Freedom of the High Seas and granting NOAA authority to ...