Researchers argue that expanding deep-sea exploration is vital to understanding and managing these marine habitats ...

The Blake Plateau, an astonishing deep-sea mountain range, features striking pillars of marine life alongside humanity’s ...

T he Trump Administration signed an executive order late last month aiming to fast-track approval for seabed mining critical ...

A recent executive order from U.S. President Donald Trump to invest in deep sea mining operations could have dire ...

Researchers collected more than 43,000 records of dives and assessed the photos and videos to determine how much of the bottom has been seen by humans.

President Donald Trump is laser-focused on securing high-value critical minerals for the United States, whether through pushing to buy Greenland or demanding a share of Ukraine’s resources.

Deep-sea mining firm The Metals Co asked the Trump administration on Tuesday to approve its plans to mine the international ...

With China dominating the supply chain, the US sees opportunity at the bottom of the ocean but the science is far from ...

The ocean's deep-sea bed is scattered with ancient rocks, each about the size of a closed fist, called "polymetallic nodules.

Deep-sea mining research and experiments over the past 40 years ... including rules and guidelines relating to mining waste, discharge depths and environmental protection. These decisions could set ...

An executive order to fast-track seabed mining was issued just days before a hearing on the potential for extracting critical ...