If the U.S. wants to secure critical minerals it should invest in mining and processing facilities on home soil rather than ...

Many of the minerals involved in proposed deep sea mining operations are located on black, potato-shaped nodules that lie on ...

The enigmatic crustacean Alicella gigantea is the world’s largest amphipod, but like all deep-sea creatures it hasn’t proved ...

The great deep sea mining debate has both pros and cons that need to be addressed before the procedure can become viable.

Deep-sea mining’s rise raises urgent legal, ethical, and environmental questions as demand for critical minerals grows in the ...

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President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to promote mining of the deep-sea floor, a controversial way to get critical minerals that are used in a wide range of electronics and ...