A new executive order pits the United States against the rest of the world over the question of who can exploit mineral ...

President Donald Trump thew into turmoil a global effort to limit mining in the deep sea, signing an order to open up ...

Beneath the surface of the Southern Ocean, vast volumes of cold, dense water plunge off the Antarctic continental shelf, cascading down underwater cliffs to the ocean floor thousands of meters below.

Fresh data from the James Webb Space Telescope provide more evidence for what some consider a biosignature — but debate is ...