Deep-sea mining could unleash clouds of debris that threaten a mysterious, vital ecosystem we barely understand.

Imagine a world where sunlight never touches the ocean floor, where bizarre creatures drift through inky black waters, and ...

Deep-sea mining endangers rare species, threatening biodiversity in the ocean's depths and raising critical questions about ...

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order looking to increase deep sea mining, drawing concerns for ...

Vancouver-based company seeks regulatory approval a week after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order opening ...

April 10 (UPI) --Aquatic enthusiasts have an opportunity to join a virtual deep sea expedition ... about the largely unexplored underwater environment, including exotic sea sponges and coral ...

A predatory sea star slowly works its way up a bamboo coral on an unnamed seamount in the Pacific Islands region. NOAA is providing would be explorers a chance to join a virtual under water ...

DR DIVA AMON:The deep sea is absolutely the last unexplored frontier on our planet. The ocean floor is actually less well-mapped than the surface of Mars, Venus and the Moon. DR DIVA AMON ...

In Bergen, delegates were met by Greenpeace leaflets with the plea "Don't gamble with the ocean!" "Deep sea mining is a destructive industry that will destroy valuable and mostly unexplored ecosystems ...

Regarding onshore minerals, last month Trump signed an executive order invoking the Defense Production Act to expand domestic mining and processing of critical minerals to reduce foreign dependence.

Deep-sea mining targets resources such as potato ... The sea floor remains a region of the world that is still relatively unexplored. More of the moon has been mapped than the sea bed, about ...