Scientists have launched a fresh effort to find out what could be producing oxygen at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.

While the Trump administration frames deep-sea mining as a ‘core national security and economic interest,’ dozens of ...

It can be seen that over the two-thirds of the surface of the planet, there is less than 0.001% of the deep ocean seafloor, ...

Final rule would speed process companies must go through to receive exploration licenses and commercial recovery permit ...

Off the volcanic ridges of the Eastern Pacific, deep beneath the surface where sunlight never reaches, a team of researchers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists have revealed how much of the vast deep ocean floor humankind has observed, and it's a staggeringly small amount.

Marine turbidites are layers of mud and sand deposited on the deep ocean floor by massive underwater landslides and are often ...

A dome-fronted submersible sinks beneath the waves off Indonesia, heading down nearly 1,000 meters in search of new species, ...

“China is expanding their reach and racing to dominate deep-sea mining,” said Rep. Pete Stauber (R-Minn.), the subcommittee’s chair. Stauber said Beijing holds more exploration licenses than any other ...

President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday issued a new rule to fast-track deep-sea mining in international waters, ...

Even NOAA’s press releases are taking on the standard Trump administration cadence. In a release on Friday, the generally science-minded and staid agency touted the new executive order aimed at ...