US President Donald Trump wants to mine the seafloor. And while the industry has its supporters, scientists say hunting for ...

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

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

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 ...

One of the Pacific Ocean’s lesser-known volcanoes will blow its vent in the coming months, causing 10,000 earthquakes in one day. Here’s what scientists are saying.

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

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.