President Trump signed an order Thursday aimed at making it easier for companies to mine the ocean floor. Scientists and ...

Changes from an overheating planet on a major ocean current could unleash a chain of events that would alter the Atlantic ...

In his latest move to secure supplies of critical raw materials, the US president has instructed federal officials to ...

The executive order will help private deep-sea mining companies to access mineral-rich nodules on the sea floor.

A new executive order pits the United States against the rest of the world over the question of who can exploit mineral ...

In June 2024, the Eskimo Walrus Commission coordinated with US Fish and Wildlife Service and US Geological Survey to bring ...

A warm blob of water in the North Atlantic is an ominous sign that a system of currents that regulate the planet's climate ...

The resuspension of seafloor sediments—triggered by human activities such as bottom trawling as well as natural processes ...

Scientists have found scour marks on the seabed made by giant icebergs about 18,000 years ago, and they could offer clues to ...

When a massive, black patch, known as a polynya, was spotted by NASA scientists for the first time, satellite operators were ...

Sea ice in the Arctic was at a record low this winter, according to research released earlier this month from the University ...