A Canadian company announced Tuesday that its US subsidiary submitted applications to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to mine the seafloor, sparking outrage by bypassing a U.N.

This is Part 2 of a two-part series on fisheries management and oceans governance under the second Trump administration, ...

The quest to exploit deep-sea mineral resources — and debates over benefits and harms — is intensifying in D.C. and ...

This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network, where Elizabeth Claire Alberts is a fellow. Mere ...

The ocean's deep-sea bed is scattered with ancient rocks, each about the size of a closed fist, called "polymetallic nodules.

Madyson Miller’s Florida childhood was almost like a crash course in marine biology. She grew up going to the beach and going ...

Move by The Metals Company comes less than a week after the president launched plans to boost American procurement of ...

During the NOAA team’s ongoing Beyond the Blue: Illuminating the Pacific expedition aboard the Okeanos Explorer, researchers ...

Massive mural found intact on World War II ship that sank in 1942 - Paintings, vehicles, and even a potentially ...

On April 24, 2025, the Trump Administration issued an Executive Order aimed at fast-tracking deep-sea mining.

A massive stone monolith has been found protruding from the Pacific Ocean seafloor like a giant finger, according to NOAA Ocean Exploration. The pillar is 49 feet high, 36 feet long and 13 feet wide, ...

Scientists aboard a research vessel near Los Angeles collected ash, air and water samples as fire blazed on the hills before them in January.