A sample drilled from the bottom of the Great Blue Hole has uncovered 5,700 years of history. The underwater sinkhole, located off the coast of Belize in Central America, is one of the world's most ...

What’s the ongoing story: The Environment Ministry’s ambitious Green Credit Programme (GCP), which aims to enhance the country ... sediment changes and reduced the populations of many of the larger ...

There's one. And another. This robot was hunting for rocks. A three-pronged claw descended from above and plucked a stone off the seabed. All the while, the autonomous machine's on-board camera ...

"This latest evidence makes it even more clear why governments must act now to stop deep sea mining before it ever starts," said Greenpeace campaigner Louise Casson. While few expect a final text ...

The White House is weighing an executive order that would fast-track permitting for deep-sea mining in international waters and let mining companies bypass a United Nations-backed review process ...

Both the deep sea and space are difficult to reach and even more difficult to explore. You can’t breathe the air, temperatures are extreme, gravity varies, and atmospheric pressure makes survival ...

(NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2019 Southeastern U.S. Deep-Sea Exploration) As the demand for electric car batteries and smartphones grows, mining companies are turning their ...

A 30-meter sediment core extracted from the “Great Blue Hole” in Belize offers the longest continuous record of storm ...

Of all the small decorating decisions I've had to make in my home, I have found picking and choosing cushion colors for my ...

an international and environmental lawyer and legal adviser to the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition, a Netherlands-based alliance of environmental groups. The Metals Company seeks seafloor minerals ...

The Trump administration is considering an executive order that would speed up deep-sea mining in international waters by allowing companies to circumvent a United Nations-backed review process ...