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Company received a major boost in April when Trump issued an executive order asserting America’s right to mine beneath the ...

During a routine research dive off the coasts of Southern California and Alaska in 2021, Occidental College professor Shana Goffredi scoured the ocean floor looking for methane seeps — deep-sea ...

The ocean is full of creatures that will give you chills. A few of the many scary sea creatures that swim through the ocean's waters are the blobfish, stonefish and vampire squid.

Take a deep dive into the ocean’s secrets. ExtremeTech reveals its hidden layers and life forms. Discover the depths of our planet today.

Deep sea mining may soon begin as The Metals Company pushes to extract battery minerals from the ocean floor—despite environmental concerns and legal hurdles.

Deep below the surface of the ocean, bacteria and critters that feed off nutrients spouting from hydrothermal vents met with ...

Companies could start mining the ocean floor for metals used to make electric-vehicle batteries within the next year, a development that could occur despite broad concerns about the environmental ...

A close-up of one of the mysterious "blue goo" creatures discovered by researchers using an ROV near Saint Croix in the Caribbean. (Image credit: NOAA Ocean Exploration, Voyage to the Ridge 2022 ...

The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's ocean basins, spanning approximately 63 million square miles.

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