Scattered along the seafloor, dense clusters of large metal lumps have been discovered by scientists trolling for deep-sea creatures between South America and Africa The R/V Sonne, a German research ...

Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research Bremerhaven/Germany, 19 December 2016. Manganese nodules on the seabed of the Pacific Ocean are an important breeding ground ...

A cross section of a polymetalic deep sea nodule of manganese and cobalt discovered on a previous expedition. John Cancalosi/National Geographic Creative/Corbis Back in January, while a team of German ...

Large areas of the ocean floor are covered with polymetallic nodules and crusts. The potato-sized manganese nodules can be found in all oceans, especially in the Pacific Ocean, at water depths between ...

The area to be investigated by the research project "Mining Impact" is located in the Clarion Clipperton Zone (CCZ) in the northeast Pacific at approximately 4,500 metres water depth shrouded in ...

A cnidarian is attached to a dead sponge stalk on a manganese nodule in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. Diva Amon and Craig Smith, University of Hawaii at Mānoa Picture an ocean world so deep and dark it ...

Children are always asking "Why?" As they experience things for the first time, it's natural to want to find out more. But as children grow into adults, they often dismiss something new that ...

Deep down in the ocean, valuable raw materials are stored, such as nodules of manganese. These resources could help meeting our increasing demand for rare metals. In addition to the nodules, there is ...

This paper considers the mining of manganese nodules from the deep ocean at up to 5000 m, drawing attention to the essential need for a satisfactory legal régime under which mining companies can ...

While outer space has been called “the final frontier,” there are worlds on Planet Earth that are far from explored and understood. In the entire area of the world’s oceans, the deep sea makes up 95 ...

Researchers have discovered a new type of bacteria that eats metal, specifically, the element manganese. The metal is one of the most abundant elements on Earth, with scientists predicting more than a ...