And some Pacific states insist that the code explicitly state the need to protect "underwater cultural heritage," but that is ...

Rules on deep-sea mining in international waters must be driven by "sound science" and built on consensus, the head of the ...

Finding and disposing of underwater mines on the sea floor is one of the US Navy's hardest and most dangerous tasks. Robots ...

Other mining operations target phosphates used as fertilizer in industrial agriculture. So far companies haven't been willing to heavily invest in such a difficult and costly undertaking, but the ...

On the abyssal plains, at depths between 3,000 and 6,000 meters, polymetallic nodules are scattered across millions of square ...

Discover more about sand mining, where it occurs, and why the process damages the environments in which it is carried out in ...

Thiruvananthapuram: Divers from Friends of Marine Life and Scuba Cochin discovered a vibrant ecosystem, teeming with hard and soft corals, off the Kol.