The Black Sea faces a long-term danger from naval mines in the Russia-Ukraine war. Ships have struck drifting mines in the last two years as Ukraine struggled to clear shipping routes. But even ...

If the U.S. wants to secure critical minerals it should invest in mining and processing facilities on home soil rather than the seafloor.

The Royal British Navy has unveiled its latest autonomous naval innovation—the SWEEP system. Developed under a £25 million ...

Exercise Sea Breeze 25-2, a mine countermeasure exercise focused on the Black Sea, started Monday in Portland, England, the ...

Deep-sea mining could impact marine life stretching from the tiniest bottom dwellers to apex predators like swordfish and ...

The Metals Company is applying for permission from the Trump administration to mine for nickel and cobalt beneath a remote patch of the Pacific Ocean. Other countries say the minerals aren't ...

Finding and disposing of mines lurking on the sea floor is dangerous and difficult work. The US Navy wants robotic crawlers ...

This article was originally published with the title “ The Airplane Propeller, The Latest North Sea Mine Field ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 118 No. 23 (June 1918), p. 523 doi:10.1038 ...

But at sea, a new mine could drift into the same spot the next day, he said. Modern naval mines are generally triggered in two ways — a magnetic trigger, or a pressure-sensitive one, he said ...