Could lumpy metallic rocks in the deepest, darkest reaches of the ocean be making oxygen in the absence of sunlight? This ...

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Rules for the emerging deep-sea mining sector should take a "precautionary approach" that protects the environment, the head ...

After more than a decade of negotiations, a new round of talks to finalize a code to regulate deep-sea mining in ...

Scientists delving into the unexplored regions of the Red Sea have uncovered perilous natural traps on the ocean floor. They identified brine pools located nearly 4,000 feet beneath the surface of the ...

The plan is being led out of Guangzhou, a gigantic port city northwest of Hong Kong on the Pearl River that leads to the South China Sea. There are a few components to the project, but the jewel in ...

As the ISA begins two weeks of talks in Jamaica, global stakeholders are divided on how to regulate deep-sea mining while balancing environmental and economic interests ...

Divers, underwater submersibles and remotely operated vehicles found 886 marine species over a 16-month period, and they have ...

But deep-sea mining is a controversial means of obtaining them because of its potentially significant environmental impacts. ...

Researchers said that potato-sized nodules could be producing enough electrical current to split seawater into hydrogen and oxygen, a process known as electrolysis.