Trump is right to accelerate licenses for commercial underwater operations, but they should be within America’s 200-mile ...

While there are as many as 90 whale species across ... which forms the foundation of the ocean food web. Because nutrients like iron are not evenly distributed across the sea, the whale pump ...

Seaweed absorbs rare minerals and elements from seawater as it grows. A new initiative from Blue Evolution, called Orca Minerals, aims to harvest the materials.

Deep-sea organisms often make use of mineral nodules to anchor themselves on the sea floor. Ocean conservation groups argue that mining the deep sea puts the environment at risk. Deep-sea ...

Around 90% of species in the ... and start extracting. A US deep-sea mining industry is essential to counter China’s aggressive pursuit of ocean minerals, a White House spokesperson said ...

It occurs following changes in the optical properties of the ocean that reduce the depth of its photic zones, the surface ...

About 90 percent of species found in the Clarion Clipperton Zone have never been identified, yet they may be at risk from mining for minerals such as cobalt and nickel. This sea urchin ...

In the global race for critical minerals, one little-known international ... year to launch the world's first deep-sea mine in the eastern Pacific Ocean, by working with one of the few countries ...

Deep sea mining companies say concerns are exaggerated and that mining the ocean offers a more sustainable way to extract these metals and minerals than land-based mining, which has well ...

Deep-sea miner The Metals Company said it is eying a U.S. path to extract minerals from the bottom of the ocean, a week after President Trump pushed for increased mineral production in the U.S ...