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 agency says its new seabed atlas charts where key minerals like cobalt, nickel, ...

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 ...

SYDNEY - China is conducting a vast undersea mapping and monitoring operation across the Pacific, Indian and Arctic oceans, building detailed knowledge of marine conditions that naval experts say ...

Dozens of Chinese research vessels are on a quest to map the sea floor at strategically vital regions of the world's oceans. Some of the surveying is for mineral deposits and fishing grounds, but the ...