A planned mining method to gather critical minerals from the seafloor would create sediment plumes higher up in the water column where many creatures live.

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Could lumpy metallic rocks in the deepest, darkest reaches of the ocean be making oxygen in the absence of sunlight?

A scientific debate has emerged regarding the possibility of producing 'dark oxygen' without sunlight, through metallic ...

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Scattered on the seafloor four kilometres (2.5 miles) beneath the surface, polymetallic nodules contain manganese, nickel and cobalt, metals used in electric car batteries and other low-carbon ...

The polymetallic nodules were found four kilometres beneath the ocean surface, and contain manganese, nickel and cobalt, essential for electric vehicle batteries and green technologies.

China’s deep-sea mining deal with the Cook Islands risks leaving the United States behind in critical minerals essential for energy, defense, and tech.

Deep-sea nodules are packed with valuable metallic resources such as cobalt and manganese, critical components in electric car batteries and other devices. Receive a weekly dose of discovery in ...