EditorialAndrew Sweetman, a marine ecologist who sailed with the Metals Company last year, inspects a device used to measure biological activity on the ocean floor, on the the Maersk Launcher in San Diego, Calif., on June 8, 2021.(Tamir Kalifa/The New York Times)
EditorialThe remotely operated vehicle Deep Discoverer during an exploration of a volcano in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, July 23, 2022. (NOAA via The New York Times)
EditorialThe remotely operated vehicle Deep Discoverer during an exploration of a volcano in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, July 23, 2022. (NOAA via The New York Times)