Japan successfully retrieved rare earth minerals from deep-sea sediment near Minamitorishima island, marking a world first. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi emphasized this achievement as a step towards ...

The year 2010 was a reckoning for Japan’s economic security. On September 7, the Chinese fishing trawler Minjinyu 5179 refused an order by Japan’s coast guard to leave disputed waters near the Senkaku ...

Sediment containing rare earth was retrieved from ocean depths of 6,000 metres (about 20,000 feet) on a Japanese test mission, the government said Monday, as it seeks to curb dependence on China for ...

Researchers have unveiled plans to investigate the mysterious production of ‘dark oxygen’ on the sea floor — large amounts of the gas that seem to be coming from a region too deep for sunlight to ...

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE) have detected a ring-shaped molecule with 13 atoms, including sulfur, in deep space for the first time. The team behind the ...

Almost every inch of the Earth's surface has been discovered and mapped by generations of explorers, but our planet holds one final frontier of mystery for the intrepid and curious. Deep under the ...

A $20 million agency project will aid companies prospecting the sea for critical minerals. By Eric Niiler and Sachi Kitajima Mulkey The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is shifting from ...

When Hiroshi Hirasaka pulled a goby from the waters off Ishigaki Island, he knew he wasn’t looking at your average bottom-dweller. Most gobies are dull, muddy, and desperate to blend into the ...

Jan 22 (Reuters) - The Metals Co (TMC.O), opens new tab on Thursday became the first deep-sea miner to seek Washington's approval to mine the international seabed under a streamlined permitting ...

The Trump administration is accelerating the permitting timeline for deep-seabed mining applications. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) unveiled revisions to the regulatory ...

The Metals Company, a prominent seabed-mining company, applauded the change and filed a new application more than doubling the area it hopes to mine. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey On Wednesday, the ...