Conservationists say retrieving mineral-rich rocks will destroy sea life. Environmental studies show conflicting results.

The thing that people have missed is that there is zero chance that this will not happen,” Gerard Barron, CEO of The Metals Company, told CNBC by video call.

Along certain parts of the ocean floor lies a bounty of rare minerals and metals ... until now really been entirely untapped is at the bottom of the ocean. As you detailed in your stories for ...

The deep sea refers to the part of the ocean below 200 meters (656 ft.), at which light begins to disappear. Despite making up more than 90% of the Earth’s marine environment, much of the deep-sea ...

The great deep sea mining debate has both pros and cons that need to be addressed before the procedure can become viable.

U.S. President Donald Trump's critical minerals drive looks set to pave ... been put on notice to avoid a race to the bottom of the ocean. "If you have the U.S. pursue this 'go at it alone ...

An executive order is being drafted by the Trump administration to allow the collection of metals found on the Pacific Ocean seabed. The order would form part of an effort to counter China’s supremacy ...

The ocean's deep-sea bed is scattered with ancient rocks, each about the size of a closed fist, called "polymetallic nodules." Elsewhere, along active and inactive hydrothermal vents and the deep ...

In 1982, geologist Martin Hovland sat aboard a research ship owned by the Norwegian oil company Statoil (now Equinor) in the ...

To the surprise of all, scientists have found bits of space buried beneath the waves. At the bottom of the ocean, evidence of what researchers are calling a “supernova graveyard” has been ...

Plutonium discovered at the bottom of the ocean was found to be refuse from a kilonova that exploded close to Earth 10 million years ago. Kilonovas occur when binary neutron stars spiral closer ...