Large swathes of the deep-sea floor contain nodules of the critical minerals cobalt, copper, manganese and nickel. "This is an exciting opportunity for the U.S.," Gerard Baron, CEO of The Metals ...

Oxygen seeps ... harm these deep-sea ecosystems before their value and workings are fully understood. Seafloor mining could target three kinds of metal-rich deposits: nodules, crusts and mounds.

Deep-sea mining research and experiments over the past 40 years have shown how the removal of nodules can put seafloor creatures at risk by disrupting their habitats. However, the process can also ...

They include China, which has invested billions in deep-sea research, and Japan, which has collected nodules in trials around ... It is cold, short of oxygen, has no light and contends with ...

President Donald Trump is trying to fast track a brand new, highly controversial industry – mining critical minerals in the deep sea. Trump signed ... metric tons of nodules, or deposits ...

Here's what to know about the newly-discovered deep sea creature. The newly discovered ... may have lived in more active lifestyle in low-oxygen environments. In fact, the gills resemble the ...

Metal-containing deep-sea nodules, which have the appearance of potato-size pebbles and typically contain nickel and cobalt, are highly sought for use in electric vehicle batteries and electric ...

According to a new study, just 0.001% of the deep seafloor has been visually observed. The deep ocean seafloor is defined as depths of 200 meters or more below Earth’s surface, where oxygen ...

Deep-sea mining isn’t a new idea. The HMS Challenger research expedition discovered polymetallic nodules—the metal lumps mining operations are now targeting in the Pacific—in the 1870s.

Researchers collected more than 43,000 records of dives and assessed the photos and videos to determine how much of the bottom has been seen by humans. By Rebecca Dzombak Humans have visually ...