Conservationists say retrieving mineral-rich rocks will destroy sea life. Environmental studies show conflicting results.

Long before skyscrapers and smartphones, human innovation began with a stone. From primitive tools to precious fossils, the ...

Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) strategies use a wide range of techniques to capture CO2 from the air and store it durably, ...

The flights, happening across much of New England, will image geology as part of a national effort to modernize the region's ...

Missions that return asteroid samples bring home more than just very expensive dust. These samples can provide valuable ...

At the Berkeley Pit, researchers hope to extract valuable metals to increase U.S. production of rare earths used in electric ...

By studying seismic waves, researchers have found a layer deep beneath the surface of Mars that could contain enough liquid ...

Evidence is mounting that a secret lies beneath the dusty red plains of Mars, one that could redefine our view of the Red ...

There is currently no commercial deep-sea mining happening anywhere in the world, though companies have been pushing for years. They appear to have found a new champion in Trump.

Rare earth elements are critical to many industries—used in electric motors, medical imaging and diagnostics, oil and gas ...

Rare earth elements are needed for everything from green technology to consumer goods like laptops and batteries. Mining them ...

Lightweight lithium metal is a heavy-hitting critical mineral, serving as the key ingredient in the rechargeable batteries that power phones, laptops, electric vehicles and more. As ubiquitous as ...