Countries have debated for decades whether to allow mining on the ocean floor, a potential trove of critical minerals. Now, a ...

The Ministry of Defence and Royal Navy found that Russian reconnaissance devices and sensors had been placed close to vital ...

When Solomon Kahoʻohalahala arrived in Jamaica in mid-March to attend a meeting of the International Seabed Authority, he ...

Campaigner says The Metals Company's loss of a third of its exploration area is sign of a stuttering industry.

The device integrates seamlessly with China's advanced crewed and uncrewed submersibles, such as the Fendouzhe and Haidou ...

From a chain of massive barges stretching from a Chinese beach into the sea, to a powerful new design for cutting undersea ...

When Hans Hartman, a civil engineer, attempted to film the ocean depths in 1917, he pioneered what would become the first deep-sea ROV, or remotely operated vehicle. During an era of silent movies ...

Marine life in the deep ocean can take decades to recover from the impact of deep-sea mining for rare metals, new research shows.

The Metals Company seeks US approval to begin deep-sea mining in international waters, bypassing the International Seabed ...

The Metals Company vehicle, which is about the size of a school bus ... Nobody knows for sure, since deep-sea mining has ...

Head of United Nations seabed authority warns move would be 'violation of international law' and undermine multilateral efforts to govern the world's oceans.

“The law of the sea basically colonized [Pacific peoples’] ocean,” said Frank Murphy, a resident of French Polynesia who ...