On Thursday, President Trump signed an executive order that aims to permit, for the first time, industrial mining of the ...

Using creative thinking and Lego technology, an Agawam robotics team engaged in research, problem-solving, coding and engineering to design and build a small robot to explore the layers of the ocean.

President Donald Trump thew into turmoil a global effort to limit mining in the deep sea, signing an order to open up ...

U.S. President Trump’s order comes less than a month after the Vancouver-based Metals Company said it was seeking U.S.

Countries have debated for decades whether to allow mining on the ocean floor, a potential trove of critical minerals. Now, a Canadian startup says it will move ahead, whether or not rules are in ...

Imagine a place on our planet so vast, so mysterious, that it has no owner. Picture a realm teeming with bizarre life forms, ...

Deep sea mining has been off limits thus far, both because it's awfully hard, and because governments haven't yet firmed up regulations around extracting minerals offshore. That might soon change ...

Others are developing artificial intelligence-based technology that would teach deep sea robots how to pluck nodules from the floor ... A 2023 study published in the journal Current Biology found that ...

Scientists returned to a 1979 Pacific Ocean mining test site, revealing long-term sediment changes and mixed impacts on deep-sea life.

As the demand for electric car batteries and smartphones grows, mining companies are turning their attention to the deep sea, where precious metals such as nickel and cobalt can be found in potato ...

Advertisement Advertisement Deep-sea mining is the process of extracting metals and minerals—including nickel, cobalt, and copper—from the sea floor. The minerals are found in several places ...

A recent poll commissioned by Greenpeace Norway found that only 18% of civilians in Norway support deep-sea mining. Then there are several political parties in the country that oppose deep-sea ...