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

A team of marine scientists has uncovered what appears to be a previously unknown species of sea squirt during a deep-sea ...

This is the midwater zone, a hidden ecosystem that begins 650 feet below the ocean surface and sustains life across our ...

Trump's deep-sea mining order is likely to stipulate that the U.S. aims to exercise its rights to extract critical minerals ...

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 ...

Equinor EQNR, the Norwegian energy giant, has received regulatory approval to begin exploration drilling in the North Sea using Odfjell Drilling’s Deepsea Atlantic rig. The Norwegian Ocean ...

An abrupt announcement has rattled members of a little-known U.N. agency based in Jamaica that has protected deep international waters for more than 30 years ...

BEIJING, 31 March (BelTA - China Daily) - A team of Chinese scientists has developed a miniature 2.7-kilogram deep-sea robot ...

The melting of the Greenland ice sheet is now the largest contributor to sea level rise, and scientists at UNH are traveling ...

Following successful mining tests by U.S. consortia and pioneering environmental impact assessment by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...