The Trump Administration is initiating the process of selling leases for deep-sea mining. While deep-sea mining is expected ...

The deep sea begins at about 200 meters below sea level, where light starts to diminish in a region called the twilight zone.

The deep sea refers to the part of the ocean below 200 meters (656 ft.), at which light begins to disappear. Despite making up more than 90% of the Earth’s marine environment, much of the deep-sea ...

The International Seabed Authority (ISA) has worked for more than a decade to draw up regulations for a future deep-sea mining industry ... through a miles-long vertical tube to a ship waiting ...

If the U.S. wants to secure critical minerals it should invest in mining and processing facilities on home soil rather than ...

The vertical, tin-can-like submarine ... Jacques Cousteau emerged as perhaps the most influential 20th-century figure in deep-sea exploration and underwater filmmaking. In the 1940s, Cousteau ...

On April 24, President Trump signed an executive order promoting deep-sea mining in the US and international waters, touting ...

There is currently no commercial deep-sea mining happening anywhere in the world, though companies have been pushing for years. They appear to have found a new champion in Trump. In April ...

Humanity has only explored 0.001% of the deep sea, according to a May 2025 study. Credit - Getty Images The Trump Administration signed an executive order late last month aiming to fast-track ...