By: Paulina Barnjak and Dylan Long The affirmative In the age of accelerating climate change, collapsing ecosystems and ...

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

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An imminent executive order on deep sea mining could open a new resource frontier. It’s a signal to markets that the United ...

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

Far beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean, in one of Earth’s least explored regions, scientists have found a surprising ...

In January 2025, Taiwan’s coast guard blamed a Cameroon- and Tanzania-flagged vessel crewed by seven Chinese nationals and ...

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TMC the metals company (TMC) announced that Rutger Bosland has joined the Company as Chief Innovation and Offshore Technology Officer as it ...

The legal argument that the U.S. retains rights to harvest minerals under domestic law was pioneered by the Heritage Foundation’s Stephen Groves. Notably, TMC officials referenced Groves’ analysis in ...

The May issue of Scientific American takes you on a deep-sea mining mission, explores dark comets and examines an invisible ...