A 2014 satellite image captured a rare glimpse of a massive, eerily circular ring of clouds that formed slap-bang in the ...

Scientists and policymakers are now faced with a difficult question: should the pursuit of greener energy come at the cost of ...

Indeed, while more than 70% of the Earth's surface is covered by water, the ocean floor is largely unmonitored ... and ocean ...

A seabed mining company has asked the Trump administration for approval to harvest the ocean floor for critical metals in ...

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

Head of United Nations seabed authority warns unilateral action would violate international law and undermine multilateral ...

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 findings have come at a time when there has been a growing demand for establishing a moratorium on all deep sea mining ...

Researchers uncover a possible active underwater volcano chain near the Cook Islands, hinting at fresh geological activity.