Seemingly unaware of the film Deep Blue Sea and countless B-movie tropes, China is set to build a new deep-sea laboratory ...

China has revealed plans to construct a deep-sea research facility at a depth of 6,000 feet beneath the South China Sea, a ...

Deep below the surface of the ocean in the South China Sea, a robot named “discovery” searched the seafloor for life. Faxian, ...

As companies seek to extract critical minerals used in electric vehicle batteries and other green technologies from the deep ...

The rapid expansion of China’s ocean exploration offers Beijing valuable military intelligence as it expands its naval reach ...

Oceanographers and marine scientists can use these bases to study ocean life, ocean ecosystems, and conduct experiments in a ...

The deep sea, covering approximately 65% of Earth's surface, has long been considered a biological desert. In this extreme ...

Pacific nation Kiribati says it is exploring a deep-sea mining partnership with China, dangling access to a vast patch of ...

The first phase of the MEER research was a joint effort of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the Institute of Deep-sea Science ...

In recent years, marine ranching has gained momentum along China's coast. In 2024, the city of Shanwei, in the southern ...

The rapid expansion of China’s ocean exploration offers Beijing valuable military intelligence as it expands its naval reach ...