Deep-sea mining is back on Washington’s radar (or should that be sonar?) under President Donald Trump. Mineral-rich nodules ...

He said the potential of mining the oceans for nickel, magnesium, cobalt and copper stands to dramatically reduce the ...

They plan to choose a US site by June for the refinery and be in commercial production before President Donald Trump's term ends in 2029.

Republicans cheered the administration's push to open domestic and international waters to mining. Bipartisan critics argued ...

Proponents say they want to dredge the seafloor for metals needed for clean technology. Indigenous Pacific Islanders call it a threat to life, culture, and the ocean itself.

With growing interest in mining critical metals from the seafloor, countries are now negotiating international rules. The Trump administration is forging ahead on its own, speeding up environmental ...

China’s growing fleet of ocean surveillance ships, some operating under the banner of deep-sea research and resource ...

Researchers identified 24 new creatures and an entire superfamily of species in the Pacific, all while NOAA moves to ...

Renewable technologies need a multitude of critical minerals. The seabed could supply these riches. But at what cost?

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A cnidarian is attached to a dead sponge stalk on a manganese nodule in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. Diva Amon and Craig Smith, ...

A patch of seafloor targeted for future mining has given us a blunt reminder that we don’t really know what’s going on down ...

A new comprehensive study released today by the Institute for Sustainable Futures (UTS), in collaboration with Greenpeace ...