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

Beijing now has the power to disrupt global communications after scientists revealed a device that can sever undersea cables.

Daniel Jones, a NOC researcher who trawled the archives to pinpoint the location, said the test followed an CIA plot to ...

Subsea cables have emerged as a key vulnerability facing governments around the world in the event of heightened tensions or ...

Deep-sea mining is highly controversial partly because ... bringing the spoils to a ship on the surface. The recovered nodules would then be transported to processing sites on land.

The CIA leased a ship for real deep-sea mining, according to Jones. He found an old photograph of the roughly eight-metre- (26-feet-) wide machine used to harvest nodules. A 'mount-building ...

Deep-sea mining is highly controversial partly because the deep seabed ... He adds that "hundreds" of such bots would need to harvest the seabed at a time, bringing the spoils to a ship on the surface ...

In stark contrast with Carvalho’s science-driven approach, delegates are being forced to address The Metals Company's (TMC) threat to submit the world’s first ever deep sea mining application for the ...

Designed for integration with China’s advanced manned and unmanned submersibles such as the Fendouzhe and Haidou series, he ...

Kingston, Jamaica -The 30th Session of the International Seabed Authority, which starts today in Kingston, Jamaica is the first of new ...