A brittlestar found on the seafloor of the Clarion-Clipperton Zone [Natural History Museum/ University of Gothenburg] Machines mining minerals in the deep ocean have been found to cause significant ...

With growing interest in mining critical metals from the seafloor, countries are now negotiating international rules. The Trump administration is forging ahead on its own, speeding up environmental ...

The Trump administration wants to allow deep-sea mining for critical minerals near the American territories of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. Residents are worried about environmental impacts.

"Deep-sea mining is a new potential threat to this group of animals which are both vital in the ocean ecosystem and to human culture and identity," said Aaron Judah, lead author of the study and ...

A five-year-long investigation into how deep-sea mining impacts biodiversity has finally been published. View on euronews ...

The Trump administration announced this past week that it has entered talks with the Cook Islands to research and develop seabed mineral resources. The Polynesian archipelago is one of only a handful ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This sea spider is related to land spiders but does not belong to that group. They can grow to the size of a palm in the deep sea ...