The US will need to secure critical minerals from non-Chinese sources because the future will be, by necessity, metals ...

Adversarial nations and strategic competitors currently dominate global supplies of rare earth elements—and control much of ...

Along with nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus, iron is essential for the growth of microscopic phytoplankton in the ocean ...

A creeping darkness is settling over the ocean’s photic zone. While the full consequences are not yet clear, scientists say ...

The vast, sunlit waters of the ocean’s surface, known as the photic zone, nurture 90% of marine life. Sunlight and moonlight ...

What if the solutions to some of Earth’s biggest problems could be found in some of its smallest creatures? That bet has led ...

Experts on thalassotherapy — a broad category of wellnss treatments using seawater — say the spa service can help muscular, skeletal and skin conditions, along with anti-inflammatory pampering.

Learn more about why understanding how life works in the deep sea is crucial to understanding the entire planet, and that’s ...

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

Interest in deep-sea mining has increased globally in recent years. And even as the International Seabed Authority (ISA), the ...

Researchers say more than a fifth of the planet’s ocean — which makes up 70 percent of the surface of the Earth — has been ...

Ilya Epikhin, principal at Arthur D. Little explains how drought, demand and desalination are transforming water use at mines ...