An ocean-mining company has funded some of the most comprehensive scientific studies to date, and peer-reviewed results have ...

Wastewater from washing machines is considered a major source of microplastics—tiny plastic particles that are suspected of ...

< Inside the mouth of this anchovy, plankton particles are captured by the gill arch system. Copyright: Photo: Jens Hamann ...

At 75, a legendary albatross returns to her island home — and to her mate.

In June 2024, the Canadian government lifted the moratorium on northern cod fishing in Newfoundland and Labrador after 32 ...

A research team from the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) has analyzed the zooplankton communities in the White Nile and Blue Nile in Khartoum. It is the first study ...

HONOLULU, HAWAII (6 November 2025) — A new study led by researchers at the University of Hawai‘i (UH) at Mānoa published today in Nature Communications is the first-of-its-kind to show that waste ...

Particle plumes ejected by mining operations into deep Pacific waters threaten food source of more than half of the zooplankton types leading to bottom-up disruption of delicately balanced food system ...

In the first study of its kind, researchers have revealed the true cost of mining waste in the deep sea on the food web. Deep-sea mining poses significant risks for a vital, hidden part of the ocean.

Deep-sea mining is threatening vital marine life in the ocean’s “twilight zone,” reveals new research. The findings raise "urgent concerns" about long-lasting effects if large-scale commercial mining ...

A new study led by researchers at the University of Hawai'i (UH) at Mānoa published today in Nature Communications is the first of its kind to show that waste discharged from deep-sea mining ...

Deep-sea mining plumes may replace nutritious particles with “empty calories,” starving the twilight zone’s delicate ecosystem. Scientists caution that unchecked mining could disrupt ocean food webs ...