A riotous photography collection from a recent underwater mission off the coast of Chile shows new and fascinating deep-sea ...

A strip of the Pacific Ocean seabed that was mined for metals more than 40 years ago has still not recovered, scientists said ...

Canadian miner The Metals Company said on Thursday it had formally initiated a process under the U.S. Department of Commerce to apply for exploration licenses and permits to extract minerals from the ...

The International Seabed Authority will convene in July to discuss this and other issues. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Countries have debated for decades whether to allow mining on the ocean floor, a potential trove of critical minerals. Now, ...

Beneath the Pacific Ocean southeast of Hawaii, a hidden treasure trove of polymetallic nodules can be found scattered across ...

Picture an ocean world so deep and dark it feels like another planet—where creatures glow and life survives under crushing pressure.

The floor of the Calypso Deep − a 5,112-meter-deep trench in the Ionian Sea − holds one of the highest concentrations of ...

Marine life in the deep ocean can take decades to recover from the impact of deep-sea mining for rare metals, new research shows.

Marine life in the deep ocean can take decades to recover from the impact of deep-sea mining for rare metals, new research shows.A study published in ...