Deep-sea mining has become a geopolitical flashpoint, with anxiety growing over a push by U.S. President Donald Trump to fast ...

Japan has announced that it will launch the world's first deep-sea mining test for rare minerals in January 2026. The mission ...

Key points The deep sea is one of Earth's most fragile and least understood environments.A group of scientists led by CSIRO ...

Deep-sea mining could impact marine life stretching from the tiniest bottom dwellers to apex predators like swordfish and ...

What makes The Metals Company (TMC), a little-known company that isn't even making any money, a threat to the ocean, ...

Japan will attempt to extract rare earth minerals from the ocean floor in the deepest trial of its kind beginning in January ...

Deep below the surface of the ocean, bacteria and critters that feed off nutrients spouting from hydrothermal vents met with ...

The Metals Company is applying for permission from the Trump administration to mine for nickel and cobalt beneath a remote ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence that precious metals like gold are leaking from Earth’s core into the mantle, ultimately ...

The Conservation Fund, a national nonprofit, announced Friday it has purchased the proposed site of a deep earth mine near ...