In 2013, a deep sea mining company named UK Seabed Resources contracted marine biologist Diva Amon and other scientists from the University of Hawaii at Manoa to survey a section of the seafloor ...

Despite covering over 70% of Earth’s surface, the vast majority of the deep sea remains unexplored. In fact, scientists have now revealed that humans have directly observed less than 0.001% of ...

Kahoohalahala is against deep-sea mining, and said it’s a threat to marine life and cultural connections to the ocean. In 2023, he and others gathered off Sand Island to protest a deep-sea ...

The Metals Company and the Trump administration are trying to circumvent international deep sea mining rules. The Metals Company and the Trump administration are trying to circumvent international ...

Trump's order aims to boost U.S. access to critical minerals Environmental groups warn of irreversible biodiversity loss Congressional hearing shows partisan divide on deep-sea mining April 29 ...

President Donald Trump is trying to fast track a brand new, highly controversial industry – mining critical minerals in the deep sea. Trump signed an executive order Thursday directing the ...

Behold, the latest in deep-sea fashion: An unfortunate fish sporting parasitic copepods as pigtails. An international team of scientists affiliated with the Schmidt Ocean Institute and the Woods ...

Deep sea mining has been off limits thus far, both because it's awfully hard, and because governments haven't yet firmed up regulations around extracting minerals offshore. That might soon change ...

But deep-sea mining is a controversial means of obtaining them because of its potentially significant environmental impacts. "We felt that a vehicle that used AI to look for life and avoid it ...

Discover WildScience Deep-Sea Anglerfish Discovery Sparks Urgent Investigation Posted: February 28, 2025 | Last updated: March 3, 2025 U.S. scientists are investigating how a deep-sea anglerfish ...

Deep Sea Diver’s sound has always been trademarked by a sense of weightlessness. Even when the going got tough, singer/guitarist Jessica Dobson’s deft delivery carried an expansive light-touch. And on ...

Light is a primary driver of visual evolution in shrimp, according to new FIU research published this week in Nature Communications. The deep sea is a dark place, with the only light coming from ...