Extraction of the remaining minerals is becoming less efficient and requires more and more energy. Some scientists see the ...

An expedition in the Red Sea found several brine pools that appear to be fed by underwater volcanoes, which may be home to ...

China signed an MOU in February 2025 with the Cook Islands outlining the nations’ intent to cooperate on matters such as the ...

Current climate models have so far been unable to adequately reproduce the clouds over the Southern Ocean around Antarctica.

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

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

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has opted to extend a comment period in response to a request from the governor of ...

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 ...

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

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

New research reveals that only the oldest and fastest-sinking oceanic plates can transport water deep into Earth’s mantle, ...