Conservationists say retrieving mineral-rich rocks will destroy sea life. Environmental studies show conflicting results.

The Deep Sea Minerals CEO talks about the sector as the administration pushes to open the ocean floor to exploration and ...

By Andrew D. Thaler When I set sail on the MV NorSky in the summer of 2008 to probe the depths of Manus Basin off the coast ...

The Trump administration announced this past week that it has entered talks with the Cook Islands to research and develop seabed mineral resources. The Polynesian archipelago is one of only a handful ...

Deep-sea mining is the extraction of minerals from the seabed in the deep ocean. Most of the interest is in what are known as polymetallic nodules, which are potato-sized mineral deposits that have ...

Drilling for minerals deep in the ocean could have immense consequences for the tiny animals at the core of the vast marine food web — and ultimately affect fisheries and the food we find on our ...

The United States and Japan have agreed to work together on deep-sea mining, but there's still a lot of work to be done.

After sitting on the sidelines for nearly 30 years, the United States is preparing to dive into deep-sea mining. While the U.S. has long deferred to laws established by the U.N. Convention on the Law ...

The deal reflects a push to secure critical minerals as AOMC builds a deep-sea portfolio spanning billions of tonnes of ...

The Trump administration announced this past week that it has entered talks with the Cook Islands to research and develop seabed mineral resources. Deep-sea mining is unregulated. Some want to forge ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This sea spider is related to land spiders but does not belong to that group. They can grow to the size of a palm in the deep sea ...