Delegates from both Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands are urging federal officials for more time to comment on a potential deep-sea mining project eyed for 100-plus ...

Efforts to expand deep-sea mining are alarming scientists and Indigenous leaders, who worry mining risks fisheries and food ...

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), in its various incarnations, has been delivering us valuable data about our world for over two centuries. It closely monitors the ...

On January 23, 1960, two men, diving in a small deep-sea submersible, reached the bottom of the Mariana Trench, a spot about 200 miles southwest of Guam that, at 35,800 feet below the surface of the ...

Scientists are exploring creatures and habitats in the deepest parts of the ocean, and you can follow along by watching a live video stream. Deep in the ocean, a mission is underway to explore the ...

The Mariana Trench, the lowest point in the ocean on our planet, has also been problematic for scientists and engineers. More than 10,000 meters deep, the record pressure and sub-freezing temperatures ...

We see a boat on the water and a deep ocean trench below it. The deepest depths of the sea are found in the crescent-shaped Mariana Trench, located in the western Pacific Ocean. But what is the ...