China has successfully tested its first domestically developed robot capable of conducting three-dimensional drilling ...

The world’s oceans are increasingly becoming an important new frontier in the geopolitical and economic race for critical minerals, with countries fast-tracking plans for deep-sea mining. Meanwhile, ...

Now China is stepping up to the plate with more at stake than just reaching the deep-drilling equivalent of reaching the North Pole or finding the source of the Nile. As part of its wider global ...

The president has ordered the agency to swifty advance the approval of licenses and permits for exploring and mining deep-sea minerals. The White House has begun reviewing a NOAA proposal for ...

A 1,000-tonne ship is exploring the far-flung South Pacific for riches buried beneath the waves, spearheading efforts to dredge the tropical waters for industrial deep-sea mining. But plans to mine ...

Explorers know that the Earth’s oceans are vast, covering about 71% of the surface of the globe. According to a new study, just 0.001% of the deep seafloor has been visually observed. The deep ocean ...

When the submarine plunged to about 1,500 meters below sea level, ecologist Jeff Drazen asked the pilots to cut the strobe lights that had been guiding them through the pitch-black waters. For a ...

As the race to explore the world's oceans intensifies, scientists are turning to powerful new battery technologies to overcome one of deep-sea exploration's greatest challenges: how to keep underwater ...

Washington, D.C., United States, Dec. 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global Fishing Watch, an international nonprofit organization advancing ocean governance through transparency of human activity at ...

A 1,000-tonne ship is exploring the far-flung South Pacific for riches buried beneath the waves, spearheading efforts to dredge the tropical waters for industrial deep-sea mining. Fringed by sparkling ...