The U.S. push to mine international waters for metals defies global efforts to control and protect these fragile ecosystems.

Deep below the surface of the ocean, bacteria and critters that feed off nutrients spouting from hydrothermal vents met with ...

A new study reveals that microplastics are present in sediments throughout the Whittard Canyon – a submarine canyon off the ...

Deep-sea mining could impact marine life stretching from the tiniest bottom dwellers to apex predators like swordfish and ...

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

The Metals Company is applying for permission from the Trump administration to mine for nickel and cobalt beneath a remote ...

Japan will try to mine the seabed in its Exclusive Economic Zone. Like the United States, India and Australia, Japan wants to ...

Giant bodies of sand found under the North Sea flip the rules of geology and may reshape how experts approach underground ...

Deep-sea operations proposed by a Vancouver-based mining company could cause harm to a wide variety of species in the Pacific ...

TOKYO: Japan will from January attempt to extract rare earth minerals from the ocean floor in the deepest trial of its kind, ...