The nation's biggest cities are sinking, according to data from a new study. Known scientifically as land "subsidence," the ...

A research team led by Prof. Di Kaichang from the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) of the Chinese Academy of ...

A new review of ocean data suggests that more than 99.999 percent of the global deep seafloor has never been seen by humans.

The drifting Antarctic iceberg A-23A came to a sudden stop in late February off the coast of South Georgia Island — a British ...

For around 2,000 years, global sea levels hardly varied. That changed in the twentieth century. Sea levels started rising and ...

Perched on a hot spot along the Juan de Fuca Ridge, the volcano is steadily inflating with magma, raising  the frequency of ...

New study shows just how little – about 99.999% – of the world’s oceanic depths have been viewed by human eyes.

One of the Pacific Ocean’s lesser-known volcanoes will blow its vent in the coming months, causing 10,000 earthquakes in one ...

“Any attempt to accelerate deep-sea mining without proper safeguards will only speed up the destruction of our oceans.” This was echoed by the Washington-based group Ocean ...

The Metals Company is in talks with the US government for permits to mine the deep sea Donald Trump has signed a controversial executive order aimed at stepping up deep-sea mining within US and in ...

(Reuters) -President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aimed at boosting the deep-sea mining industry, marking his latest attempt to boost U.S. access to nickel, copper and other ...

Trump signs EO boosting deep-sea mining industry in latest attempt to combat rival China. The order seeks to expedite permits in coastal waters of the US, while working will allies to share ...