Along certain parts of the ocean floor lies a bounty of rare minerals and metals, critical components for batteries, electric ...

A U.K. startup wants to be the SpaceX of the deep sea, and hopes to establish a permanent human residence on the ocean floor ...

Scientists recently discovered a strange golden orb at the bottom of the ocean. Now, this intriguing find has sparked a lot ...

We've mapped the Moon more thoroughly than our own ocean floor, but a leap forward has come with NASA's SWOT satellite. Using ...

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

In late March, The Metals Company, a Canadian deep-sea mining firm, announced that it would seek approval from US agencies to extract critical minerals in areas of the ocean floor that are beyond ...

Donald Trump’s administration is drafting an executive order to enable the stockpiling of metal found on the Pacific Ocean seabed, in an effort to counter China’s dominance of battery minerals and ...