Invisible clouds of sediment created by underwater mining spread for miles, putting ocean floor ecosystems at risk.

Final rule would speed process companies must go through to receive exploration licenses and commercial recovery permit ...

Drilling for minerals deep in the ocean could have immense consequences for the tiny animals at the core of the vast marine food web — and ultimately affect fisheries and the food we find on our ...

When the United States recently escalated its confrontation with Venezuela—carrying out strikes in Caracas and capturing ...

Deep-sea mining targets mineral deposits on the ocean floor, typically at depths of 3,000–6,000 meters. Most attention focuses on polymetallic nodules—potato-sized rocks lying on abyssal plains—and on ...

A new study led by researchers at the University of Hawaii (UH) at Mānoa published in Nature Communications is the first of its kind to show that waste discharged from deep-sea mining operations in ...

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Imagine a world where the oceans hold treasures worth trillions. Earth’s seas are home to millions of tons of gold, potentially worth over $2 quadrillion, according to estimates. While this idea has ...

The deep sea, the planet’s most expansive and least understood ecosystem, remains largely unexplored. Yet while the deep sea may seem a dark and distant space, events underwater directly impact our ...

The yellow robot on the side of this ship is about to plunge into the depths of the Pacific Ocean. Its mission: to recover objects that can be millions of years old. To collect them, it has to go down ...