The Trump administration wants to allow deep-sea mining for critical minerals near the American territories of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. Residents are worried about environmental impacts.

Palau President Surangel S. Whipps Jr. is taking his campaign against deep-sea mining to a global stage, and his message for ...

China's new deep-sea manned submersible Fendouzhe, or Striver, set a national diving record of 10,909 meters on Tuesday in ...

Fendouzhe, China's self-developed human occupied vehicle, operates in the seabed at Mariana Trench on Nov 8, 2021. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Relying on China's self-developed human ...

More than 71% of Earth is covered by oceans, but about 95% of them remain unexplored. Only about 20% of the seafloor has been ...

The deepest parts of the ocean are among the most hostile environments on Earth. At depths approaching 11,000 meters in the Mariana Trench, the pressure outside a submersible becomes so intense that a ...

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When we dream of landscapes, we might imagine rolling valleys or rugged mountains. But there is a whole landscape hidden from human view: the secret world of the seafloor.

Somewhere between Hawaii and the Philippines near the small island of Guam, far below the surface of the water, sits the Mariana Trench, the deepest spot in the ocean. It’s 7 miles deep. What’s down ...

The ocean remains one of the most intriguing and mysterious frontiers on our planet. Despite advances in technology and exploration, a large portion of the ocean floor remains uncharted, hiding ...

On Nov. 12, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) issued a request for information (RFI), indicating its interest in “leasing” marine minerals located on the CNMI’s outer continental shelf, a ...