The minerals that are being targeted form a critical part of the sea floor, and the sea floor is what life attaches to in the ...

Researchers say our understanding of Earth’s largest biome is based on a tiny, unrepresentative sample dominated by just a ...

Bizarre creatures like vampire squid and blobfish make their home in the dark, cold, depths of the deep sea, but most of this watery realm remains a complete mystery. That's because humans have ...

That works out to about 0.001% of the deep sea, according to a study published Wednesday in Science Advances. In other words, 99.999% of the deep sea, defined as deeper than 200 meters ...

Humanity has only explored 0.001% of the deep sea, according to a May 2025 study. Credit - Getty Images The Trump Administration signed an executive order late last month aiming to fast-track ...

There is currently no commercial deep-sea mining happening anywhere in the world, though companies have been pushing for years. They appear to have found a new champion in Trump. In April ...

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 ...