Commissioned in late 2024, Meng Xiang is a 560-foot, 42,600-ton ship with a 36,000 ft deep-sea drill capacity. It can stay at sea for 120 days, house 180 personnel, and includes nine cutting-edge ...

The deep sea is full of surprises, hiding creatures that look like they belong in a sci-fi movie rather than our oceans. These rare animals have adapted in incredible ways to live in a world of ...

While deep-sea mining is expected to result in discoveries of critical minerals, some of which are crucial for the green energy supply chain, environmentalists have warned of its repercussions for ...

On one of Diva Amon’s first expeditions in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, she used an ROV to document deep sea life including this Relicanthus daphneae, an anemone-like organism with 8-foot long ...

Talks to develop rules for deep-sea mining are still ongoing through the International Seabed Authority (ISA), a process that missed an initial 2023 deadline and has continued to stymie efforts to ...

Deep-sea mining targets resources such as potato-sized polymetallic nodules from depths of 4,000 to 6,000 metres. The nodules contain critical materials, including manganese, ...

President Donald Trump is trying to fast track a brand new, highly controversial industry – mining critical minerals in the deep sea.

The Trump administration could green-light deep-sea mining for the first time. A deep-sea mining company is turning to President Donald Trump to help it extract battery materials.

Beneath a giant iceberg, a whole ecosystem never seen before. Iceberg A-84 broke off from Antarctica and revealed a thriving community of sea creatures underneath. Now, researchers are curious as ...