An urban explorer recently documented Kinugawa Onsen, a Japanese resort town in disrepair emblematic of economic hardship the ...

Though Lost City itself lacks valuable minerals, nearby vent fields may contain polymetallic sulfides, a target for future deep-sea mining. That’s where the threat comes in.

This might not be an underwater road to Atlantis, but understanding more about the iconic "lost city" at the bottom of the Atlantic could tell us more about our planet's earliest days.