There is currently no commercial deep-sea mining happening anywhere in the world, though companies have been pushing for years. They appear to have found a new champion in Trump.

Bizarre creatures like vampire squid and blobfish make their home in the dark, cold, depths of the deep sea, but most of this ...

A new study finds that humans have visually explored just 0.001 per cent of the deep seafloor - leaving vast areas unknown ...

In a study published today in Science Advances, researchers from the Ocean Discovery League reveal that only a minuscule ...

Breaching settled international law, Mr Trump’s order applies to international waters beyond American jurisdiction as well as ...

United States President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to expand the controversial but financially lucrative practice of deep-sea mining in a bid to lock down US access to critical ...

Could the artificial introduction of oxygen revitalise dying coastal waters? While oxygenation approaches have already been proven successful in lakes, their potential side effects must be carefully ...

Longer term, there are fears that damage to deep-sea landscapes could have ripple effects through the ocean and potentially affect fisheries. Mining could even affect the “dark oxygen ...