The US plans to auction up to 33 million acres of deep ocean around American Samoa for mineral exploration despite major environmental data gaps
The US plans to auction up to 33 million acres of deep ocean around American Samoa for mineral…
Scientists Discover a New Branch of Life in the Deep Sea
Beneath the neon lights of a laser-scanning microscope, newly classified species glow in vivid greens and oranges—a far…
‘Dark oxygen’ discovered 4,000 meters below the Pacific Ocean where sunlight has never reached |
Dark oxygen discovered under the Pacific Ocean (Image source: AI-generated) For decades, school textbooks have explained that oxygen…
Trump administration eyes US Pacific territories as it moves towards deep-sea mining
For the tiny island called “the tip of America’s spear” in the Pacific, it can be hard to…
Deep-sea mining for critical minerals has become a global flashpoint. Here is how it works
The yellow robot on the side of this ship is about to plunge into the depths of the…