President Trump signed an order Thursday aimed at making it easier for companies to mine the ocean floor. Scientists and ...

In the same week as the US Government moved to accelerate offshore mining and open new opportunities for mineral extraction, ...

Imagine a world where sunlight barely penetrates, where darkness reigns and strange, glowing creatures drift silently through ...

President Donald Trump is trying to fast track a brand new, highly controversial industry – mining critical minerals in the ...

America’s marine protected areas help fish populations thrive. Trump’s plan to open them to industrial fishing may ultimately ...

The Trump administration is opening a national marine monument to commercial fishing, it announced Thursday. The White House ...

Industrial fishing removes large amounts of nutrients like carbon and phosphorus. This disrupts marine food webs.

An April 17 executive order from the White House allows commercial fishing to resume in the waters near the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument Getty On April 17, President Donald ...

This event provided scientists aboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s (SOI) research vessel R/V Falkor (too) with an unprecedented opportunity to explore the newly exposed marine environment.