With the backing of the US government, a Canadian company is poised to sidestep UN laws and start vacuuming what it deems battery-grade metals from international waters.

James Watt led a similar effort to privatize natural resources for mining, energy development, logging, and sprawl.

It does not allow deep-sea mining, though it has issued some exploration permits. As the seabed is known to hold rich deposits of minerals like copper, cobalt, and nickel, considered important for EV ...

A new autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) imaged a previously unexplored portion of the seafloor in ultra-deep waters near the Mariana Trench. Operationalizing this technology for the first time ...

Deep below the surface of the ocean, bacteria and critters that feed off nutrients spouting from hydrothermal vents met with a sudden wave of volcanic sediment, leaving them suffocated.

The US military is a major interest in this new extractive industry, which is poised to emerge both off- and on-shore. Trump’s Deep-Sea Mining Order Will Likely Impact Gulf Coast States ...

Proponents of deep-sea mining are eyeing these nodules as potential sources of elements valuable to technology; detractors say mining could cause long-term harm to fragile deep-sea ecosystems.

July 28 marks World Nature Conservation Day – a moment to focus on especially vulnerable habitats, such as coral reefs. These biodiverse ecosystems are not only fascinating but also vital indicators ...

Dustin Mulvaney traces the current deregulatory bonanza that the Trump administration has unleashed on public lands and waters to the Wise Use movement of the 1980s and the Sagebrush Rebellion that ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - State-owned mining holding company MIND ID claimed to have restored 46,700 hectares of former mining land over the past four years. This environmental restoration includes the ...

Gold mineralization at Previsto Central displays the characteristic features of alkalic-type epithermal systems, hosted ...

WorldAtlas has a list of the 13 most eccentric towns in Georgia offering unique and memorable experiences. Here's why they ...