And sometime after 2025, what we’re mining on land will be insufficient. We’ll have to look at the seafloor.” For the present time, however, America’s approach to undersea mining looks to ...

When hundreds of eerily perfect circles were discovered on the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, theories abounded about what ...

Gas from the seafloor has scientists wondering if oxygen could be found in the oceans of other planets.

Previously, scientists thought only microbes and viruses could live beneath the seafloor crust where tectonic plates meet.

A Canadian mining startup says metal-rich rocks on the seafloor can help power the switch away from fossil fuels. Critics say mining them could cause serious ecological destruction, but no one ...

The prospect of seafloor mining troubles many people So, how should the increased mining be done? And where should it be done? These are not easy questions. Consider the rumpus presently about ...

Several mining companies have plans to collect these ... this in 2013 - an enormous amount of oxygen being produced at the seafloor in complete darkness,” explains lead researcher Prof Andrew ...

The world's first seafloor massive sulfide mining project contract has been signed between Nautilus Minerals Inc, a mining company with headquarters in Canada and Tongling Nonferrous metals group ...

MEXICO CITY— The Hidden Gem, the world’s largest vessel dedicated specifically to mining the seafloor for minerals, is staging its first mining operation. It will depart Wednesday from the Mexican ...

Such spooktacular stories may soon be put to rest. In 2019, the U.S. began a seafloor mapping initiative that included the Great Lakes. The project should be able to take note of sunken vessels or ...

Less than 30% of Japan’s EEZ is shallower than 2,000m, the maximum depth reached in previous seafloor mining projects. “Technology capable of surveying at depths of 6,000m would allow us to ...