A new study led by scientists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), along with international partners, finds that ...

We ran eight miles offshore to Moto Puerto and dropped into one of the liveliest pieces of Pacific water you will ever see. The day starts with mahi swarming the boat, roosterfish smashing live baits, ...

The survey will take place in an area of 30,000 square miles being considered for mining that is adjacent to the Rose Atoll ...

When the United States recently escalated its confrontation with Venezuela—carrying out strikes in Caracas and capturing ...

In 1979, a seemingly routine deep-sea mining experiment in the Pacific Ocean turned out to be a landmark event, with consequences that are still being unraveled today. What seemed like a small-scale ...

Scientists have discovered that deep-sea mining plumes can strip vital nutrition from the ocean’s twilight zone, replacing natural food with nutrient-poor sediment. The resulting “junk food” effect ...

As delegates from member states of the International Seabed Authority entered the third and final week of high-stakes negotiations on deep-sea mining, they condemned a move made earlier this year by ...