Marine plastic pollution is a global crisis, with 9 to 14 million metric tons of plastic entering the ocean every year. Tiny ...

The quest to exploit deep-sea mineral resources — and debates over benefits and harms — is intensifying in D.C. and ...

The ocean's deep-sea bed is scattered with ancient rocks, each about the size of a closed fist, called "polymetallic nodules.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order to help foster exploration, extraction, and processing of minerals from the ...

There are very few remains of ancient ships, except in one unusual place: the Black Sea has a unique environment that ...

The administration moves to sidestep U.N. body governing the ocean floor and the harvesting of minerals and metals in ...

The scan of the storied ship was carried out over three weeks in 2022 by Magellan, a deep-sea mapping company based in the Channel Islands. Titanic: The Digital Resurrection, a new National ...

The deepest lakes worldwide are magnificent and result from fascinating geological formations. We shone a bright light on ...

For the first time ever, a colossal squid has been captured on camera in the deep sea, offering researchers a rare look at one of the ocean’s most elusive giants. The footage was captured last ...

Deep sea mining, however, may not be the only way the U.S. hopes to ramp up its mineral supply. The Trump Administration has ...

Nations are currently negotiating a “road map” that would govern any potential deep-sea mining in international waters. If the U.S. were to move forward with plans to support mining in the Pacific ...

The ‘David Packard’ is named for the Silicon Valley pioneer who donated more than $1 billion to ocean research.