You may be hearing a lot lately about critical minerals and rare earth elements. These natural materials are essential to ...

Two weeks ago, I wrote that 50 or 60 years ago a common perception was that the ocean was the new frontier, and in the future ...

Even as the race to mine the ocean floor for important minerals intensifies, a UN-body tasked with establishing regulations for the emerging industry ended a key global meeting this week without a new ...

The company is looking to mine the deep-sea ocean floor for mineral-rich rocks, but it faces hurdles before it can begin.

There is high global demand for critical metals, and many countries want to try extracting these sought-after metals from the seabed. An international study, which has discovered large numbers of new ...

Global negotiations over the future of the deep sea are underway this week in Kingston, Jamaica where member states of the International Seabed Authority have gathered to continue shaping a regulatory ...

When the submarine plunged to about 1,500 meters below sea level, ecologist Jeff Drazen asked the pilots to cut the strobe lights that had been guiding them through the pitch-black waters. For a ...

With growing interest in mining critical metals from the seafloor, countries are now negotiating international rules. The ...

Scientists found worms living inside a glass sponge castle - and that's just one of 38 new species.