Countries have debated for decades whether to allow mining on the ocean floor, a potential trove of critical minerals. Now, a ...

Canadian miner The Metals Company said on Thursday it had formally initiated a process under the U.S. Department of Commerce to apply for exploration licenses and permits to extract minerals from the ...

The Ski-Doo and Sea-Doo maker laid off workers last year as demand for ... helped by strength in mining, quarrying and oil and gas extraction, wholesale trade and transportation and warehousing, ...

Burnham-On-Sea Moose Ladies Circle held its final meeting this week and ended on a high note with a presentation of almost £4,000 to local groups and charities. The Burnham Moose Ladies’ Circle held ...

Rising sea levels are a threat to coastal regions everywhere, but especially for islands. No example stands out more than the South Pacific nation of Tuvalu. But as Kathleen Schuster reports from our ...

Oil production has slowed in the past decade but new discoveries are still being made in the North Sea. 07:20, 13 MAR 2025 North Sea oil tanker fire put out after horror collision that killed sailor ...

One crew member is missing, presumed dead, while more than 30 people have been rescued after a cargo ship, the Solong, struck an oil tanker, the Stena Immaculate, in the North Sea off the east ...

London — The Monday collision between a cargo ship and an oil tanker in the North Sea "has a high risk of being an environmental disaster in really important protected areas," Naomi Tilley ...

An oil tanker and cargo ship collided in the North Sea off the coast of East Yorkshire on Monday morning, forcing crew members to abandon ship. Both vessels burst into flames after the crash about ...

The crash ignited a huge fire, which is still burning on one of the vessels in the North Sea, about 10 miles off the coast of Hull, a busy port and fishing center. Dozens of people were rescued ...

More than 24 hours later, the other ship involved in the collision - the Solong - is still ablaze and drifting in the North Sea. BBC News has spoken to eyewitnesses who have recounted how the ...

An alarming new study by NASA has found that parts of California, including San Francisco and Los Angeles, are sinking into the ocean at a shocking rate, exacerbating the effects of sea level rise.