The agency is reviewing a permit request from a company that aims to harvest minerals on the Pacific Ocean floor.
In the spring of 1979, an experimental mining machine descended nearly five kilometers into the Pacific Ocean and etched a ...
At one point in 2025, the mining stock was up more than 800%. The Metals Company (NASDAQ: TMC) stock is up a massive 520% ...
Beneath the waves of the high seas, beyond the national borders of any country, lies the deep seabed. Known in international ...
The International Day of the Deep Seabed for the first time marks global observance dedicated to the deep seabed in areas beyond national jurisdiction. The assembly of the ...
A cnidarian is attached to a dead sponge stalk on a manganese nodule in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. Diva Amon and Craig Smith, University of Hawaii at Mānoa Picture an ocean world so deep and dark it ...
For the last three decades, the United Nations-affiliated body called the International Seabed Authority, or ISA, has been working in relative obscurity on negotiating the regulations that will govern ...
The Trump administration said Wednesday that it will consider selling leases to extract minerals from the seabed off the South Pacific island of American Samoa, a potential first step in a wider ...
The Trump administration said Wednesday that it will consider selling leases to extract minerals from the seabed off the South Pacific island of American Samoa, a potential first step in a wider ...
The Nautilus expedition comes just six months after President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order to expedite deep sea ...