This new mapping capability will help plan routes for undersea communication cables, and even provide insights into tectonic ...

A firm developing underwater robots to harvest mineral-rich nodules from the ocean floor is seeking approval to investigate ...

The US feels otherwise. “Under the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act, US companies can apply for exploration licenses ...

On Monday, April 14, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasized that no country should issue permits to extract ocean floor resources without respecting international legal frameworks. This ...

Only a tiny percentage of the ocean floor has been carefully mapped ... it needs to map those realms. Exploration and mapping, and making the data open source, would be for the betterment of ...

TMC also said it has requested a pre-application consultation with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Image: Popular Science Hartman’s contributions came at a time of rapid transformation in photography, motion pictures, and ocean exploration. Though Thomas Edison had patented his Kinetoscope ...

SWOT's groundbreaking observations of the ocean floor offer unprecedented insights into underwater features, crucial for understanding Earth's climate system.

The Kexue, seen in 2019, is one of China’s vessels for exploring deep waters. The ocean floor is shaping up to be the next theater of global resource competition. (Zhang Jinggang/Imaginechina/AP ...

A company is making a new underwater base, set to house humans 200 meters below sea level, that could revolutionise ocean exploration. SpaceX launched 21 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit ...