The bow of a US Navy cruiser damaged in a World War II battle in the Pacific has shone new light on one of the most ...

President Donald Trump has signed a new executive order that supports deep sea mining in both United States and international ...

Patania II, a 25-tonne seabed mining robot, is lowered into the Pacific Ocean to begin a descent to the sea floor, in the Clarion Clipperton Zone of the Pacific Ocean, April 2021. Reuters A seabed ...

Marine Geophysicists Probe Sea Floor Date: April 20, 2007 Source: University Of Toronto Summary: Marine geophysics are creating the largest cable-linked sea floor observatory on the Pacific Ocean ...

The Metals Company is applying for permission from the Trump administration to mine for nickel and cobalt beneath a remote ...

When a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit the Solomon Islands in 2023, the locals were petrified by an unprecedented occurrence of oil blubbering out from the deep Pacific Ocean.

It then solidifies into rock as it is cooled by the sea, creating new ocean floor. ... At the East Pacific rise, which is pushing a plate into the west coast of South America, the rate is 12.6 ...

Earlier this month, scientists captured video of a sea pen in the Pacific Ocean. (Image credit: ... (ROV) scanned the ocean floor and inched closer to the strange sight.

A new study has found that deep-sea mining may pose a big threat to tuna species moving into the eastern Pacific Ocean as climate change pushes them into the open ocean.

Pacific countries remain divided as a deep-sea mining company prepares to test a system to extract minerals and metals from the ocean floor.

A team from U of T’s marine geophysics group is participating in a joint project to create the world’s largest cable-linked sea floor observatory on the Pacific Ocean floor.

Item 1 of 4 Patania II, a 25-tonne seabed mining robot, is lowered into the Pacific Ocean to begin a descent to the sea floor, in the Clarion Clipperton Zone of the Pacific Ocean, April 2021.