Interior reports that on April 8, 2025, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) received a formal request for a lease ...

Trump is right to accelerate licenses for commercial underwater operations, but they should be within America’s 200-mile ...

Impossible Metals, a deep-sea mining startup, submitted a formal request to the Department of the Interior to sell leases to ...

The Trump administration says it will consider selling leases to extract minerals from the seabed off the South Pacific ...

Impossible Metals is testing a robot that can retrieve minerals with AI-powered cameras to protect marine life.

Thousands of feet underwater lie potentially lucrative treasure troves of copper, cobalt, nickel, zinc, manganese and other minerals that are vital for computer chips, modern batteries and other ...

These vents, which release mineral-rich hot water ... protecting the fragile deep-sea ecosystems from undue harm. This underwater station is more than just a scientific endeavor—it represents ...

An underwater volcano in the Pacific Northwest ... As sea water passes through the cracks of volcanic rock, it picks up minerals that spout from the vents, creating plumes of black smoke.