A copper mine in British Columbia produces a metal the world needs to phase out fossil fuels. It holds promise — and danger.

Experts have been working on mapping the ocean floor with traditional methods, sending ships across the water with sonar ...

Between emerald sea and jungled hills, the Cobre Panama copper mine has fueled mass protests across the Central American ...

For decades, scientists have had better maps of the Moon and Mars than of Earth’s own ocean floor. But thanks to NASA’s ...

China is rapidly expanding its deep-sea exploration efforts, sending fleets of research vessels far beyond its shores. While ...

More accurate maps based on data from the SWOT mission can improve underwater navigation and result in greater knowledge of how heat and life move around the world's oceans.

As companies seek to extract critical minerals used in electric vehicle batteries and other green technologies from the deep ...

Pacific nation Kiribati says it is exploring a deep-sea mining partnership with China, dangling access to a vast patch of ...

This would map out a baseline for life in the abyssal plain ... said the test followed an CIA plot to recover a Russian ...

In the cold, lightless Pacific Ocean deep, the seabed is scattered with metal-rich rocks coveted by miners—and huge numbers ...

The rapid expansion of China’s ocean exploration offers Beijing valuable military intelligence as it expands its naval reach ...