The Metals Company is applying for permission from the Trump administration to mine for nickel and cobalt beneath a remote ...

America is taking on China in the race to the bottom of the sea, hoping that new mining techniques will help break Beijing’s ...

Japan will from January attempt to extract rare earth minerals from the ocean floor in the deepest trial of its kind, the ...

Recent advances in technology have made deep-sea mining more feasible. But removing the nodules - which also requires pumping ...

Donald Trump is making headlines. The greatest treasure of all time has just been discovered on the ocean floor, and the US ...

An untapped energy savior might just be sitting on the ocean floor. From AI to defense to clean energy, critical minerals ...

This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network, where Elizabeth Claire Alberts is a fellow. On ...

Deep-sea mining is promoted as a solution for the energy transition and wealth for developing nations. However, evidence ...

A new autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) imaged a previously unexplored portion of the seafloor in ultra-deep waters near ...