A mining-machine test on the deep-ocean floor resulted in species diversity declining by roughly 32% in the tracks of the ...

NOAA is weighing two applications from The Metals Co. to explore for minerals in international waters despite pushback from ...

Hughes was going to do the unthinkable with it: mine manganese nodules right from the ocean floor. So, when the Glomar sailed ...

Tokyo set to make world’s first attempt to continuously lift rare-earth-rich mud from a depth of around 6,000m ...

Japan has embarked on a daring mission to explore rare earths from the deep sea, aiming to reduce its heavy reliance on China ...

Japan will conduct test mining of rare-earth-rich mud from the deep seabed off Minamitori Island, some 1,900 kilometres ...

As companies search underwater for resources, scientists are taking inventory of the ocean-dwelling creatures that could be disturbed or harmed by deep-sea mining.

Japan embarks Sunday on what it says is the world's first bid to tap deep sea rare earths at a depth of 6,000 metres -- ...

A cnidarian is attached to a dead sponge stalk on a manganese nodule in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. Diva Amon and Craig Smith, University of Hawaii at Mānoa Picture an ocean world so deep and dark it ...

Guam lawmakers sent an unmistakable message Friday morning: the island will not consent to deep-sea mining near its waters.

Guam lawmakers heard urgent pleas Wednesday to halt federal plans for deep-sea mining near the Marianas Trench, with Speaker ...

A call for the federal government to halt plans to lease some 35.5 million acres of sea floor east of the Mariana Islands got ...