A team of researchers have collected hundreds of previously unknown species to understand the impact of deep-sea mining ...

A deep-sea mining test shows ecosystem damage can begin immediately, with more than one-third of seafloor animals lost in a single pass.

The push for greener energy has led to a rising demand for batteries, which in turn has amplified the need for metals like nickel, cobalt, and manganese. Earlier, these metals have been sourced from ...

The Trump administration, with the support of many congressional Republicans, is looking to boost deep-sea mining as a way to ...

Deep-sea mining is the extraction of minerals from the seabed in the deep ocean. Most of the interest is in what are known as polymetallic nodules, which are potato-sized mineral deposits that have ...

Marine life in the deep ocean can take decades to recover from the impact of deep-sea mining for rare metals, new research shows. A study published in the journal Nature found that the site of a ...

In 2024, researchers made a groundbreaking discovery in the Pacific Ocean's Clarion-Clipperton Zone, finding that oxygen increased over two days to more than three times the background concentration ...