"We know remarkably little about these ecosystems." Experts raise red flags over proposal to mine valuable metals from ocean floor: 'These risks must urgently be assessed' first appeared on The Cool ...

Hall Bank is a small, nearshore reef off Fremantle in southwest Australia, located well beyond the typical latitudinal range for coral reefs. Advanced Navigation’s autonomous underwater vehicles ( ...

A parachute anchor deployed by a Chinese vessel in waters off Pag-asa Island on June 7 has damaged corals worth over P11 ...

A groundbreaking study in the journal Science, has unveiled how deep ocean currents—known as global overturning ...

Company received a major boost in April when Trump issued an executive order asserting America’s right to mine beneath the ...

The world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, is a staggering 2,722 ft tall. That’s 829.8 metres, or just over half a mile, making London’s top skyscraper, the Shard, seem like a glorified ...

This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network, where Elizabeth Claire Alberts is a fellow. On ...

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As islands in the Pacific Ocean basin, American Sāmoa and Hawaiʻi have strong connections across marine ecosystems and cultures. While Hawaiʻi has banned seabed mining in state waters, which extend ...

With the backing of the US government, a Canadian company is poised to sidestep UN laws and start vacuuming what it deems battery-grade metals from international waters.

Seabed sediment information is widely utilized in marine exploration and management. Recent breakthroughs of sonar technology and data processing method have spurred the development of automated ...

Seabed characterization consists in the study of the physical and biological properties of the of ocean floors. Sonar is commonly employed to capture the acoustic backscatter reflected from the seabed ...