As demand for cobalt, nickel, and other critical minerals surges, governments and companies are eyeing the deep ocean floor.

An ocean-mining company has funded some of the most comprehensive scientific studies to date, and peer-reviewed results have ...

With baseline data tracking 3,000 tonnes of polymetallic nodules at a depth of 4,280 metres, the study represents the largest ...

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 ...

The open-access online portal, called Deep-Sea Mining Watch, taps satellite signal technology to monitor industry ships as ...

Hundreds of animals were recently discovered at the bottom of the eastern Pacific, but that was before a deep-sea mining ...

The analysis shows that, once costs, market factors, and technological challenges are accounted for, deep sea mining for Cook Islands nodules is more likely to have a negative economic return.

A new report reveals the results of a study exploring biodiversity in a region targeted for seabed mining—capturing baseline ...

A robot the size of a small house crawls across the ocean floor like a giant’s pool cleaner, vacuuming up potato-sized rocks called polymetallic nodules. Packed with nickel, copper, manganese, and ...

Countries are still debating whether to mine the seafloor for minerals, but exploratory efforts have already begun.

See here to know if the metals company (TMC) stock is a worthy investment amid licensing delays, valuation concerns, and ...

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 ...