Scientists have launched a fresh effort to find out what could be producing oxygen at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.

Startling findings in 2024 suggested that metallic nodules on the sea floor produce oxygen and might support life. Now ...

While the Trump administration frames deep-sea mining as a ‘core national security and economic interest,’ dozens of ...

A team of scientists announced Tuesday they have developed new deep-sea landers specifically to test their contentious ...

The existence of a previously unknown source of oxygen would call into question long-held assumptions about the origins of ...

The Trump administration announced this past week that it has entered talks with the Cook Islands to research and develop seabed mineral resources. The Polynesian archipelago is one of only a handful ...

Global negotiations over the future of the deep sea are underway this week in Kingston, Jamaica where member states of the International Seabed Authority have gathered to continue shaping a regulatory ...