By Elizabeth Claire Alberts This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network, where Elizabeth Claire ...

Along certain parts of the ocean floor lies a bounty of rare minerals and metals, critical components for batteries, electric ...

Imagine a place on our planet so vast, so mysterious, that it has no owner. Picture a realm teeming with bizarre life forms, ...

In 1982, geologist Martin Hovland sat aboard a research ship owned by the Norwegian oil company Statoil (now Equinor) in the ...

Why might the U.S. be interested in deep-sea mining, and what are the environmental risks? Here's what you need to know.

The sediment plumes kicked up by the machines were not found to have ... The research marks "the longest term assessment of a deep sea mining track," Jones told reporters earlier this month.

Deep sea mining operations are expected to increase the negative impact on environmental indicators by up to 13 per cent, a change categorized as having 'great' significance, relative to the 'without' ...

Deep-sea mining firm Impossible Metals said on Tuesday that it has asked U.S. federal officials to launch a commercial auction for access to deposits of nickel, cobalt and other critical minerals off ...

But mining for them in the deep sea is a controversial and potentially destructive process. Special correspondent Willem Marx joined William Brangham to discuss how the Trump administration is ...

Nations are currently negotiating a “road map” that would govern any potential deep-sea mining in international waters. If the U.S. were to move forward with plans to support mining in the ...