Scattered across an abyssal plain known as the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) are polymetallic nodules that are a potato-sized ...

Deep sea mining has been off limits thus far, both because it's awfully hard, and because governments haven't yet firmed up ...

“It’s better down where it’s wetter,” crooned Sebastian, the Disney crab, to the Little Mermaid. The sentiment is enthusiastically shared by a group of investors who have bet millions on extracting ...

China is currently by far the world’s biggest supplier of rare earth minerals, accounting for nearly 70% of the global ...

Dark oxygen discovered in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone The post Dark Oxygen Discovered: A Game-Changer in Deep-Sea Science ...

Using creative thinking and Lego technology, an Agawam robotics team engaged in research, problem-solving, coding and ...

An imminent executive order on deep sea mining could open a new resource frontier. It’s a signal to markets that the United ...

A firm developing underwater robots to harvest mineral-rich nodules from the ocean floor is seeking approval to investigate ...

These rocks, of which there are potentially trillions, are filled with rich deposits of nickel, manganese ... to see how mining these nodules could affect the ocean. This is especially vital ...