Key points The Metals Company is developing hardware and software to monitor its polymetallic nodule collection activities, with plans for the public to view the operations online. The monitoring system works like guard rails on a highway, defining an area of operation the company considers…
Key points Expedition 5C sampled biological communities, organic flux and food web structure from the ocean surface down to the benthic boundary layer above the abyssal seafloor. Researchers conducted the deepest pelagic biota sampling ever performed, reaching depths of 4,000 meters in the…