Scientists and policymakers are now faced with a difficult question: should the pursuit of greener energy come at the cost of ...

A deep-sea mining company is turning to President Donald Trump to help it extract battery materials. The company that has ...

Picture an ocean world so deep and dark it feels like another planet—where creatures glow and life survives under crushing ...

Deep sea mining has been off limits thus far, both because it's awfully hard, and because governments haven't yet firmed up ...

Proponents of deep-sea mining like Barron emphasize that seabed mining would supply cobalt, manganese and other critical minerals to make batteries for electric vehicles and could accelerate the ...

Diplomats from more than 30 nations have criticized a proposal that could allow the start of seabed mining by 2027.

The Trump administration is considering an executive order that could speed up international deep-sea mining, Reuters ...

Beneath the Pacific Ocean southeast of Hawaii, a hidden treasure trove of polymetallic nodules can be found scattered across ...

Marine life in the deep ocean can take decades to recover from the impact of deep-sea mining for rare metals, new research shows.

Trump's deep-sea mining order is likely to stipulate that the U.S. aims to exercise its rights to extract critical minerals ...

Scientists said they have seen the first signs of life returning to deep sea mining tracks carved into the abyssal seabed ...

The Metals Company in Vancouver, Canada said late Thursday that it is seeking permission from the U.S. government to start deep-sea mining ... manganese used in electric car batteries and other ...