The global internet is connected by roughly 570 fiber optic cables on the seabed. Recent breaks have industry watchers ...

Seabed mining doesn’t normally attract much media attention, but President Donald Trump’s executive order (EO) on the topic, ...

Taiwan has reported five cases of seabed cable damage this year already, compared with just three each in 2023 and 2024.

and how it might look in the future. The parasites topping this fish are more than a hair-do—they’re an indicator of a thriving ecosystem, shaped by the unique conditions of the deep sea.

President Trump’s interest in deep-sea mining ... Seabed mining, like other high seas freedoms—such as freedom of navigation, freedom of fishing, freedom to lay submarine cables, and freedom ...

New spending restrictions for some federal agencies are creating extra hoops for scientists to jump through to fix earthquake ...

U.S. President Donald Trump's critical minerals drive looks set to pave the way for ... a little-known U.N. regulator that oversees deep-sea mining, said that it remains the only legal authority ...

New high-resolution satellite map reveals nearly 100,000 unknown ocean mountains, or seamounts, boosting climate and maritime ...

A researcher monitoring Axial Seamount, 300 miles off the coast of Oregon, says the eruption is expected to happen before the ...

We also talk with Gerard Barron, CEO of TMC The Metals Company, about the challenges of picking up deep sea metals with ...

The dismantling of the agency will affect fisheries, oceans, and weather forecasting. U.S. fishers are already feeling the ...