Much of the abyssal plain is between 3,000 and 6,000 meters ... Meet the Spilhaus projection, an ocean-centric map of the world's waters. The Coral Triangle is a region of shallow ocean ...

In the cold, lightless Pacific Ocean deep, the seabed is scattered with metal-rich rocks coveted by miners -- and huge ...

This would map out a baseline for life in the abyssal plain, so that potential harm can be better understood. Conservation group Fauna & Flora has said risks range from damage to the ocean food ...

In the cold, lightless Pacific Ocean deep, the seabed is scattered with metal-rich rocks coveted by miners -- and huge numbers of strange and rare animals almost entirely unknown to science.

A carnivorous sponge near the nodule-strewn seabed of the Clarion-Clipperton Zone Graphic showing the three different types of seabed zones being explored for potential mining. A 'mount-building ...

Although this process is well identified, the pathways of these warm waters from the abyssal plain to the grounding ... if we do not have accurate maps of the seabed, then the models cannot ...