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

Rare-earth elements are crucial for electric batteries and devices, mining of which can lead to the destruction of marine ...

Marine ecosystems in the deep ocean show little sign of recovery even decades after experimental mining, according to new ...

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.

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

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

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

This weekend the M209 expedition ‘BASIS’ led by GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel has started. An international team is investigating the largely unexplored deep seas off the Cape Verde ...

The study found that a deep-sea mining test in 1979 in the North Pacific still showed lower levels of biodiversity than ...