The Trump administration is pressing ahead on Wednesday with an effort to encourage U.S. exploration of the deep sea by ...

Startling findings in 2024 suggested that metallic nodules on the sea floor produce oxygen and might support life. Now ...

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

A team of scientists announced Tuesday they have developed new deep-sea landers specifically to test their contentious ...

NOAA has finalized a rule that will expedite the permit and license application process for deep seabed mining and allow ...

President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday issued a new rule to fast-track deep-sea mining in international waters, ...

A mining-machine test on the deep-ocean floor resulted in species diversity declining by roughly 32% in the tracks of the ...

Focusing on an area off the coast of Crescent City, California, the researchers used autonomous and remotely operated ...

Despite crushing pressure, total darkness and near-freezing temperatures, researchers found an underwater world teeming with life.

Japan will begin deep-sea rare earth exploration in the South Pacific as it moves to diversify supply chains amid tighter ...

CARLSBAD, Calif. -- Some four miles off the Southern California coast, a company is betting it can solve one of ...

US decision moves it closer to unilaterally launching the controversial mining industry, which environmentalists and ...