This is the midwater zone, a hidden ecosystem that begins 650 feet below the ocean surface and sustains life across our ...

The world needs more batteries. That’s what we keep hearing in the push for greener energy, and we can’t build enough to meet ...

Countries have debated for decades whether to allow mining on the ocean floor, a potential trove of critical minerals. Now, ...

A deep-sea mining company is turning to President Donald Trump to help it extract battery materials. The company that has ...

The International Seabed Authority (ISA) has worked for more than a decade to draw up regulations for a future deep-sea ... Those nodules have tempted would-be miners for decades. Mining firms ...

Here, manganese nodules found off the Southeastern U.S. in 2019. Hundreds of researchers have called for a pause on deep-sea mining until scientists learn more, which could take years. Some ...

Here, manganese nodules found off the Southeastern U.S. in 2019. Hundreds of researchers have called for a pause on deep-sea mining until scientists learn more, which could take years. Some ...

Here, manganese nodules found off the Southeastern U.S. in 2019. Hundreds of researchers have called for a pause on deep-sea mining until scientists learn more, which could take years. Some ...