Seaweed absorbs rare minerals and elements from seawater as it grows. A new initiative from Blue Evolution, called Orca Minerals, aims to harvest the materials.

After President Donald Trump loosened regulations for mining the ocean floor, companies are preparing to take part in what ...

If the U.S. wants to secure critical minerals it should invest in mining and processing facilities on home soil rather than ...

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

On April 24, President Trump signed an executive order promoting deep-sea mining in the US and international waters, touting ...

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

Deep-sea mining’s rise raises urgent legal, ethical, and environmental questions as demand for critical minerals grows in the ...

The Interior Department on Tuesday said it’s begun the process of evaluating a possible offshore mineral lease sale in U.S.

The Trump administration is taking a step toward potentially allowing companies to trawl for minerals under the ocean floor ...

Rare earth elements are needed for everything from green technology to consumer goods like laptops and batteries. Mining them, though, can cause environmental problems. But researchers say some of ...

And while there’s a fixed stock of minerals in soil, currents in the ocean continually replenish supply. The rest of the seaweed also has value—as nutrients, pigments, or carbon that can be ...