New research has revealed the troubling impact that a proposed new deep-sea venture could have on several already threatened ...

Deep-sea mining is the extraction of minerals from the seabed in the deep ocean. Most of the interest is in what are known as polymetallic nodules, which are potato-sized mineral deposits that have ...

There is still not enough known about the seafloor to decide if deep sea mining can start in the Cook Islands, government ...

President Trump's recent executive order to speed up deep-sea mining permits has put TMC the metals (TMC) in the spotlight. The policy gives the company a chance to pursue exploration and commercial ...

Beneath the waves of the high seas, beyond the national borders of any country, lies the deep seabed. Known in international ...

As the US and the West races to break China's stranglehold over rare earths production, some firms are betting that Greenland ...

The second expedition took researchers to the Southern Ocean’s Bellingshausen Sea, off West Antarctica. The team was the ...

Bae’s work leaves a trail of fine- and popular-art influences that might in turn speak to the shape of the general aesthetic ...

Under cover of legitimate scientific exploration, China is gathering vital data on the weaknesses of other nations and building dependencies it can later exploit, warns Ratish Mehta.

The Kribi Deep Sea Port and a consortium of investors have entered into a partnership to construct a ...

Communications cables are only part of the story. A far broader array of systems now covers the ocean floor – and must be protected.

Asteroid mining is moving from fiction to fact, here’s how missions and startups are redefining resource extraction beyond ...