The world's first legally binding agreement to protect marine life in international waters takes effect Saturday.

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

Tokyo has begun a seabed mining trial near Minamitori Island as it seeks to cut reliance on Chinese rare earth supplies.

Over two decades after negotiations began, the High Seas Treaty is designed to protect biodiversity in international waters ...

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

Oceans shape everyday life in powerful ways. They cover 70% of the planet, carry 90% of global trade, and support millions of ...

Nowadays, there is a growing global demand for rare earth elements and critical minerals such as nickel, manganese and lithium due to their importance in the production of components that support ...

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 ...

Community members came together at the Guam Museum to make their voices heard on deep sea mining as the final public comment ...

Gerard Barron, CEO of The Metals Company, wants his firm to be the first to commercially mine the ocean floor. He applauded a recent executive order signed by President Trump, which promotes deep-sea ...

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

The drilling vessel is backed by Japanese government funding, and will spend a month collecting rare earth sludge along a ...