As the race to explore the world's oceans intensifies, scientists are turning to powerful new battery technologies to overcome one of deep-sea exploration's greatest challenges: how to keep underwater ...

American Ocean Minerals Corporation (AOMC) has wrapped up one of its largest deep-sea environmental ...

Today, American Ocean Minerals Corporation (AOMC) announced the successful completion of Expedition 7, a research campaign designed to support the environmental baseline studies required for future ...

(Saunderstown, RI — May 7, 2025) In a groundbreaking study published today in Science Advances, researchers from Ocean Discovery League reveal that only a minuscule fraction of the deep seafloor has ...

To address these challenges, the researchers call for expanding exploration efforts and utilizing emerging technologies to increase access to the deep ocean. With advancements in smaller, more ...

Critical energy minerals face persistent shortages. Deep-sea mining offers a potential supplement but raises environmental, technical, and governance concerns. Drawing on interdisciplinary literature ...

This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network, where Elizabeth Claire Alberts is a fellow. It is part one of a two-part investigation into TMC, its investors, partners and ...

In March 2025, the US announced it would unilaterally explore commercial mining of the international seabed in partnership with The Metals Company (TMC), ignoring ongoing multilateral processes and ...

Since President Donald Trump signed an executive order to create a deep-sea mining industry, businesses have raised millions ...

You may be hearing a lot lately about critical minerals and rare earth elements. These natural materials are essential to industry and modern technology – everything from cellphones to fighter jets.