The U.S. push to mine international waters for metals defies global efforts to control and protect these fragile ecosystems.

Scientists discovered "dark oxygen" produced by deep-sea polymetallic nodules deep below sea level, redefining our understanding of ocean and early Earth life. 4,000 Meters Below Sea Level ...

Most of the seafloor explored during Dive 07 of the 2019 Southeastern U.S. Deep-sea Exploration was covered with these manganese nodules, the subject of the Deep Sea Ventures pilot test nearly ...

The post Scientists Believe These Weird, Oxygen Creating Rocks May Provide Insights Into How Life Began first on TwistedSifter. Most people learn in high school science class that oxygen generally ...

New discovery of a fragile ecosystem beneath undersea volcano leaves researchers baffled. They fear it may be vulnerable to ...

In the early 2020s, deep-seafloor mining was advertised as a source of key metals for electric vehicle (EV) batteries. However, battery technology has moved dramatically forward with new ...

Deep-sea mining equipment being deployed by The Metals Company during a test expedition. The company hopes to extract nodules of critical minerals from the seabed.

Scientists first discovered deep sea deposits of manganese, copper, cobalt, and nickel in the form of potato-sized nodules in the 1870s. Yet, for nearly a century, the mining industry took little ...

President Donald Trump is trying to fast track a brand new, highly controversial industry – mining critical minerals in the deep sea.

A colossal squid was filmed for the first time in its natural habitat near the South Sandwich Islands during a recent expedition, and it turned out to be a baby ...