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Environment

Animals abandon deep-sea mining areas for over a year

Fish, shrimp and other creatures were found in much lower numbers 13 months after a deep-sea mining test in the Pacific Ocean

News

Technology

Machine recycles scrap aluminium directly into vehicle parts

News

Lithium batteries

Chemistry

Tracing lithium's atomic signature could help make ethical batteries

News

tiny glass spheres in coal fly ash that contain rare earth elements

Environment

Rare earth elements for smartphones can be extracted from coal waste

News

A field of manganese nodules in deep-sea waters near Hawaii.

Environment

Race to start commercial deep-sea mining puts ecosystems at risk

Analysis

Will a scramble to mine metals undermine the clean energy revolution?

Environment

Will a scramble to mine metals undermine the clean energy revolution?

Features

physical forces acting in soil

Life

Ants use soil physics to excavate metre-long tunnels that last decades

News

Plants that suck metals from the soil can be farmed to make our tech

Technology

Plants that suck metals from the soil can be farmed to make our tech

Features

Asteroid-munching microbes could mine materials from space rocks

Space

Asteroid-munching microbes could mine materials from space rocks

News

Deep-sea mining is making the seabed the hottest real estate on Earth

Technology

Deep-sea mining is making the seabed the hottest real estate on Earth

As the race to extract valuable minerals from the deep ocean ramps up, how can we also protect unique marine ecosystems?

Features

Life

Rare plant may prevent the first lithium quarry in the US from opening

News

Space

Japan's Hayabusa 2 may finally kick-start the asteroid mining era

Insight

Comment

Deep-sea mining could wreck the last unexplored ecosystem on Earth

Comment

Environment

This stunning map shows why everyone is fighting over the Arctic

Features