The record-breaking mission offers an unprecedented opportunity to study the geology of our planet’s largest layer.

California-based company Impossible Metals asked the Trump administration earlier this month to auction off mining leases for ...

On Thursday, President Trump signed an executive order that aims to permit, for the first time, industrial mining of the ...

President Trump signed an executive order to boost the U.S. deep-sea mining industry for critical minerals. Supporters say ...

An executive order will unleash a global oceanbed mining boom ...

Into the Depths, the first 4D popular science film presented by the National History Museum of China, premiered in Beijing ...

It’s a pretty appropriate name given where H. hades lives; the trench extends down to the hadal zone, itself named after ...

Companies are preparing to move forward with seabed mining, but a method for gathering critical minerals from the seafloor ...

President Trump signed an order Thursday aimed at making it easier for companies to mine the ocean floor. Scientists and ...

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.

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

This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network, where Elizabeth Claire Alberts is a fellow. BERGEN ...