Deep sea mining has been off limits thus far, both because it's awfully hard, and because governments haven't yet firmed up ...

The Trump administration is considering an executive order that could speed up international deep-sea mining, Reuters ...

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

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

Scientists and defenders of the oceans have long insisted that future industrial-level mining will threaten marine ecosystems. But "the underwater cultural heritage is a living memory of the ...