Companies are preparing to move forward with seabed mining, but a method for gathering critical minerals from the seafloor ...

Australia has joined 96 other nations at the United Nations Ocean Conference in France to push for a global treaty to end ...

Noise pollution from deep-sea mining carries an invisible risk for sea life, warn researchers, urging greater transparency ...

This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network, where Elizabeth Claire Alberts is a fellow. NICE, ...

Geoscientists Professor Anne Bernhardt of Freie Universität Berlin and PD Dr. Wolfgang Schwanghart of the University of ...

A deep-sea mining experiment from 1979 left lasting marks on the Pacific Ocean floor. Over four decades later, signs of life ...

The first new species, Peltospira gargantua, was found on a black smoker chimney in the Hydra field at a depth of about 12,300 feet, researchers said.

And with the seas around the nation now containing a pretty comprehensive network of testing sites at all depths, it’s a big ...

The crucial conference in France comes after Trump ordered the US to pursue deep-sea mining with potentially damaging ...

In a world hungry for crucial resources, China may not be poised to start deep-sea mining but it is planting seeds for such ...

The deep ocean needs to be studied, not mined, but the Trump administration is barreling ahead, violating international law.