‘The Next Gold Rush’: President Trump Unlocks Access to Critical Deep Seabed Minerals
President Trump has opened American access to seabed minerals. The April 2025 order puts NOAA in charge of the permitting.
What’s in a Nodule?
Scientists cut open the nodules found on Gosnold Seamount. The ferromanganese rocks grow a few millimetres every million years.
Searching for Historic Deep-Sea Mining Impacts on the Blake Plateau
NOAA went looking for the scars of 1970s deep-sea mining. The Blake Plateau dives searched for tracks left off the Carolinas.