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 ...

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 sediments deposited into the traps in the deep ocean aid in the formation of shallow water reefs, which in turn help in carbon capturing and storage. The study also highlights the role of shallow ...

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

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

Half a million barrels of toxic waste lurking beneath the waves just miles from California’s coastline sounds like the plot ...

Rules on deep-sea mining in international waters must be driven by "sound science" and built on consensus, the head of the ...

Conservationists say it is a ‘real race against time’ after the plastic nurdles began appearing on beaches from the collision ...

The Southern Cross NEXT is a 15,857-kilometre (9,853-mile) network of submarine cables that links Sydney and Auckland, as ...

China’s deep-sea mining deal with the Cook Islands risks leaving the United States behind in critical minerals essential for energy, defense, and tech.

Deep-sea fish thrive in extreme pressure, darkness, and pollution, revealing new survival mechanisms and threats.

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