Where there is no light, as in the deep sea, creatures rely on chemical energy (or chemosynthesis).
Other industries, such as those for oil or paper, are also bioprospecting the deep sea with promising results.
This fact-filled Guide explores the ocean from the coastal zones to the frozen poles, the deep sea to the open ocean.
On another ROV survey in the Gulf of Mexico, the team came across the deep sea manefish (Paracaristius sp.).
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The cannon have now been brought to the surface - after 300 years in the deep sea - and cleaned.
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The pressures are too great, and no engineering or materials conceivable today would allow us to build livable-sized spaces on the deep sea floor.
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Today, there are no legal restrictions on exploring the deep sea for the purposes of research or financial gain when it comes to its living resources.
Dr Higgs, a researcher in the deep sea who works from London, and Oban-based marine chronobiology investigator Dr Last, have hopes of carrying out the UK's first deep water investigation.
Now back on dry land after broadcasting on the latest work on the research ship James Cook in the Cayman Trough, I'm still picking up messages from people amazed at getting such an extraordinary vision of the reality of the deep sea.
Firstly, as this newly discovered 'blue gold' is mostly located in international waters, making it extra-territorial in international law, it can be argued that the genetic resources living in the deep sea belong to humanity as a whole and therefore ought to be exploited equitably.
The deep-sea plunge is the crucial element to achieving Browne's promise of turning in earnings growth of 10% a year even as revenue grows only half as fast.
Davies adapted "The Deep Blue Sea" from the 1952 play of the same name by Terence Rattigan as part of the centenary celebration of the late British playwright.
Bottom-trawling's knock-on impacts are best illustrated by the plight of the deep-sea fish, the orange roughy (also known as slimeheads) whose populations have been reduced by more than 90%, according to marine scientists.
Ian Bell once again fell between the devil and the deep blue sea, making a patient 31 but failing to produce the major innings expected.
An adaptation of Terence Rattigan's 1952 play The Deep Blue Sea, starring Rachel Weisz, has been chosen to close the London Film Festival.
Between the devil and the deep blue sea, there's something going on here.
The blame is being laid squarely on the shoulders of BP, under whose auspices the deep-sea drilling operation is being conducted.
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They allege that under the agreement ConocoPhillips could export up to 80% of the gas found in the two deep sea blocks.
Prior to London, The Deep Blue Sea will have its European premiere at the San Sebastian Film Festival in northern Spain in September.
Second, carbonate dissolution marks the PETM in sections from the deep-sea.
The political thriller will be the closing night film at this year's Toronto Film Festival, where 360 and The Deep Blue Sea will also be screened.
Since appearing in Donmar productions Othello and Ivanov in 2008, Hiddleston has gone on to achieve international fame in films such as The Avengers, Thor, The Deep Blue Sea, War Horse and Midnight in Paris.
Fortunately as far as I could see, no one was washed away then, but later on it was quite apparent in the aftermath that there were so many others washed away to a watery grave in the deep blue sea.
"I'm excited to report that, using state-of-the-art deep sea sonar, the team has found the Apollo 11 engines lying 14, 000 feet below the surface, and we're making plans to attempt to raise one or more of them from the ocean floor, " the billionaire investor and entrepreneur wrote.
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The effort, called a "top kill, " involved plugging the ruptured deep-sea well by pumping heavy drilling fluid into it from the surface, nearly a mile above.
The Law of the Sea treaty, deep-sixed long ago by the Reagan Administration, has resurfaced and is now steaming toward a ratification vote on the Senate floor.
Until recently, little had been known about this species, apart from the fact that like many deep sea creatures it has the ability to glow - a trait called bioluminescence.
The sea level monitoring network comprising deep sea tsunami monitoring buoys and coastal sea level gauges operated well and were crucial in confirming that a large tsunami wave had not been generated.
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