The Hunt for Undiscovered Drugs at the Bottom of the Sea
In 2009, Kerry McPhail descended Jacques Cousteau-style towards the Axial Volcano, inside the cramped, 30-year-old…
Why Mine Asteroids When We Can Mine the Deep Sea?
Asteroid mining has gained steam in the popular psyche: who doesn’t love the idea of flying up to one of the giant…
The Search For High-Tech Metals Could Doom This Adorable Octopus
Earlier this year, a very Pokémon-esque octopus was discovered in deep waters off the coast of Hawaii. Researchers are…
An Enormous Deep Sea 'Desert' Is Teeming With New Forms of Life
It doesn’t have towering canopies or jewel-toned corals, but an enormous region of the eastern Pacific that was long…
The Future of Technology Is Hiding on the Ocean Floor
In March 1968, a Soviet Golf II submarine carrying nuclear ballistic missiles exploded and sank 1,500 nautical miles…
Deepsea Minerals Are Coming Soon To A Cell Phone Near You
Rocks mined from the seafloor have been confirmed as a viable source for rare earth metals, and thus a tiny piece of…