Deep-sea mining could impact marine life stretching from the tiniest bottom dwellers to apex predators like swordfish and ...

Japan will from January attempt to extract rare earth minerals from the ocean floor in the deepest trial of its kind, the ...

Deep below the surface of the ocean, bacteria and critters that feed off nutrients spouting from hydrothermal vents met with ...

Deep-sea mining could impact marine life stretching from the tiniest bottom dwellers to apex predators like swordfish and ...

What makes The Metals Company (TMC), a little-known company that isn't even making any money, a threat to the ocean, ...

The United States, which is not a signatory to the UN convention or an ISA member, disrupted the painstaking process this ...

Japan has announced that it will launch the world’s first deep-sea mining test for rare minerals in January 2026. The mission ...

Key points The deep sea is one of Earth's most fragile and least understood environments.A group of scientists led by CSIRO ...

Unilateral deep-sea mining, such as that planned by the Trump administration, could have grave impacts on Africa.

Four kilometers below the ocean surface lie vast fields of metal-rich nodules that could power millions of electric vehicles. Deep sea mining promises to ease the supply chain crisis for critical ...

The Metals Company is applying for permission from the Trump administration to mine for nickel and cobalt beneath a remote ...