Commercial mining of the sea floor could soon get the green light. The International Seabed Authority (ISA), a body associated with the United Nations that oversees deep-sea mining in international ...

A new report by environmental groups lays out a case for banning deep sea mining—and explains why the real solution to humanity’s energy crisis might just be sitting in the trash. Deep sea mining is ...

A new study has revealed how even the deepest seafloors are affected by the daily back-and-forth of the tides, and the change of the seasons, and that currents at the bottom of the ocean are far more ...

Member states of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) are currently meeting in Kingston, Jamaica, to discuss the future of deep-sea mining in international waters. These current meetings were ...

President Donald Trump is trying to fast track a brand new, highly controversial industry – mining critical minerals in the deep sea. Trump signed an executive order Thursday directing the secretaries ...

This year has already brought us a crop of stunning, stylistically varied animated films like the anime Suzume and the groundbreaking Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. Joining their ranks in ...

The deep sea, the planet’s most expansive and least understood ecosystem, remains largely unexplored. Yet while the deep sea may seem a dark and distant space, events underwater directly impact our ...

2023 has been...weird. Join Mashable as we look back at everything that's delighted, amazed, or just confused us in 2023. Below 1,000 meters, the ocean is eternally dark. Sunlight can't penetrate ...

The deep ocean is a mysterious, pitch-black world populated by creatures specially adapted to the crushing pressure, the dark, and the near-freezing temperatures. Though the ocean covers 70 percent of ...

Nodule collection vehicle. A nodule collection vehicle is ready to be launched from a mining ship. Credit: Global Sea Mineral Resources Nearly 150 years ago, scientists and sailors set out aboard the ...

From worms with squid-like tentacles to fish with teeth on their tongues, here are some of the most alien-looking creatures in the deep ocean. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...