Nodules on the abyssal seafloor in the Clarion Clipperton Zone with a mud cloud from a scientific remotely-operated vehicle (ROV) touching down. A new study led by researchers at the University of ...

Nowadays, there is a growing global demand for rare earth elements and critical minerals such as nickel, manganese and lithium due to their importance in the production of components that support ...

A new research facility in Sudbury, Ont., is testing whether bacteria could help solve two major challenges in mining: How to ...

In February 2026, videos circulating on social media showed a mass of mining waste rushing downslope like thick mud, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than 13,000 feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, a more-than-70- ton machine trundled like a tank on its caterpillar ...

Digging up and extracting the minerals needed to make electric car batteries or wind turbines comes at an environmental cost, using huge amounts of energy and dangerous chemicals and creating toxic ...

A new study led by researchers at the University of Hawaii (UH) at Mānoa published in Nature Communications is the first of its kind to show that waste discharged from deep-sea mining operations in ...