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

Until now, only about a quarter of the seafloor has been mapped using ships with special sonar equipment. The rest has ...

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

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

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.

Despite growing interest in deep-sea mining, much of the deep ocean, particularly the midwater zone, remains poorly understood. A 2023 study in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone found that 88% to 92% of ...

Today, each member of the POWDER staff has written about three or four ski runs that they think serve up the best views in ...

Polish your rose-colored glasses and take a shot of nectar, my babies: we’re here to talk Neptune. In astrology, Neptune is the psychic planet of ideals, intuition, spirituality, and compassion, the ...

The residents of Fanalei Island, in the Solomon Islands, say the lucrative hunts will help them buy land elsewhere and move ...