China just rolled out a kind of treasure map for the deep ocean, and it's about a lot more than metals. A state research ...

The new deep-sea atlas underscores Beijing’s interest in ocean mining, its military ambitions and its claims to disputed ...

Atlas charts location, concentration and distribution patterns of dozens of elements in seabed sediments China has issued its first map pinpointing seabed chemical elements in the country's eastern ...

China has released a detailed seabed atlas mapping critical minerals like cobalt, nickel, and manganese after two decades of ocean sampling. Covering contested waters such as the East China and Yellow ...