President Donald Trump is trying to fast track a brand new, highly controversial industry – mining critical minerals in the ...

The order seeks swift permits for mining nickel, cobalt and other minerals from the sea floor. Critics say it threatens both ocean life and global agreements.

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

Supercritical water also shows promise as an environmentally friendly solvent for industrial processes such as catalysis, and ...

Researchers caught a close-up video of a flying sea pig (aka, a sea cucumber), and it has what looks like 50 tiny hands.

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

Kane was struck by the high concentrations of microplastics found in the sediment, especially because Whittard Canyon is so ...

In 1982, geologist Martin Hovland sat aboard a research ship owned by the Norwegian oil company Statoil (now Equinor) in the ...

It’s no wonder deep-sea creatures are so strange. They survive against the odds in one of the most extreme environments on ...

By: Paulina Barnjak and Dylan Long The affirmative In the age of accelerating climate change, collapsing ecosystems and ...

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