China has created a deep-sea cable-cutting device capable of severing the world's most fortified underwater communication and ...

In the cold, lightless Pacific Ocean deep, the seabed is scattered with metal-rich rocks coveted by miners -- and huge ...

NASA and the French space agency CNES's SWOT satellite provides researchers with the tools to create the most accurate ocean maps yet.

Several countries united with campaign groups Monday to call for caution in regulating the divisive practice of deep-sea ...

China’s deep-sea mining deal with the Cook Islands risks leaving the United States behind in critical minerals essential for energy, defense, and tech.

After more than a decade of negotiations, a new round of talks to finalize a code to regulate deep-sea mining in ...

Photographer Ron Mattson of Marquette found this mishibizhiw or underwater being in Lake Superior on March 6. The ‘monster’ ...

Bitcoin mining involves solving complex mathematical puzzles, validating transactions and securing the network. Miners compete to find the correct hash, adding new blocks to the blockchain and ...

Mining is the process of adding and validating transaction records on the Bitcoin public blockchain ledger while securing uptime for the network. This is how the network persists without relying ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) The International Seabed Authority (ISA) faces pressure to finalize regulations for deep-sea mining, with many member states advocating for a precautionary pause ...

“The last thing I remember is we went over the bridge and we were underwater, trapped in the car.” A driver and his passenger made a desperate escape after their car plunged off a bridge at ...

And with the growing threat of sabotage to underwater cables and pipelines ... which is what makes mining so indiscriminate. Bottom mines are even sneakier. They are "influence" weapons, laying ...