The White House is weighing an executive order that would fast-track permitting for deep-sea mining in international waters and let mining companies bypass a United Nations-backed review process ...

As the demand for electric car batteries and smartphones grows, mining companies are turning their attention to the deep sea, where precious ... creatures such as jellyfish and siphonophores ...

Jellyfish Pictures co-founder Phil Dobree has broken his silence on the sudden closure of his U.K.-headquartered studio which had been in operation for 24 years. The studio recently produced the ...

Deep-sea ecosystems typically rely on nutrients ... One of the images released by the Schmidt Ocean Institute shows a "helmet jellyfish” which can be seen drifting with “tentacles splayed”.

Meanwhile, Chinese researchers from state-affiliated institutions claimed to have developed a powerful deep-sea device: a cable cutter capable of severing heavily fortified communication and power ...

China has developed a compact deep-sea device capable of cutting armoured undersea cables at depths of 4,000 metres — twice the operational depth of existing subsea communication infrastructure. The ...

The White House said on Tuesday that Ukraine and Russia had agreed to cease fighting in the Black Sea and to hash out the ... Moscow concessions it seeks.” Deep mistrust persists between Russia ...

What just happened? China has created a deep-sea cable-cutting device capable of severing the world's most fortified underwater communication and power lines at depths of up to 4,000 meters.

British animation company Jellyfish Pictures Ltd., which earlier this month paused all operations while “exploring all options for sale and investment,” is shutting down, part of the ongoing ...

A 2022 peer-reviewed study of available research by leading deep-sea scientists found “no or next to no scientific knowledge” for most of the seabed targeted for mining. NEW PLAYERS IN THE DEBATE ...