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

Holt, one of Magellan’s offshore managers, said the aim was to test the physical requirements and environmental impacts of ...

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' ...

The US feels otherwise. “Under the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act, US companies can apply for exploration licenses ...

The International Seabed Authority isn’t close to setting rules on harvesting minerals more than a decade after talks on how ...

Scooping up minerals from the ocean floor damages the environment. But a Canadian company claims to have found a gentle way. Can this work?

We've mapped the Moon more thoroughly than our own ocean floor, but a leap forward has come with NASA's SWOT satellite. Using tiny changes in sea surface height to reveal underwater features, ...

A Canadian deep-sea mining pioneer, The Metals Company, is charting a new course to land the controversial extraction ...

Using creative thinking and Lego technology, an Agawam robotics team engaged in research, problem-solving, coding and ...

At least one company has found a work-around to international opposition to deep-sea mining: The Trump administration.

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

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