When most of us look out at the ocean, we see a mostly flat blue surface stretching to the horizon. It’s easy to imagine the ...

New research reveals how the speed of ocean currents and the shape of the seabed influence the amount of heat flowing underneath Antarctic ice shelves, contributing to melting. Subscribe to our ...

The study examined the effects of mining discharge on zooplankton and the small shrimp and fish that consume the small organisms. The sediment waste from deep-sea mining could potentially displace or ...

But seafaring nations may be entering a new era. In early April, a Canadian mining outfit, The Metals Company, asked the United States for permission to mine the ocean floor in international waters ...

The United States has expanded its underwater territorial rights by more than one million square kilometers, securing exclusive control over the ocean seabed and subsoil in parts of the Atlantic, ...

Using robotic fins, researchers at the University of California, Riverside have learned how stingrays are able to swim with ...

The Interior Department said it would review a new proposal for operations off the coast of American Samoa. By Max Bearak Commercial mining on the miles-deep Pacific Ocean floor came one step closer ...

The agency is considering rulemaking to ease permitting for deep-sea mining. Debate over the Trump administration’s plan to make it easier for companies to extract minerals from the ocean floor took a ...

Despite satellites and submersibles, most of the ocean is still a question mark. Scientists have theories, but plenty of things under the sea just don’t add up.