Deep-sea mining could impact marine life stretching from the tiniest bottom dwellers to apex predators like swordfish and ...

Deep-sea mining in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean could harm ocean life including whales and dolphins, new research shows ...

If the U.S. wants to secure critical minerals it should invest in mining and processing facilities on home soil rather than the seafloor.

The United States, which is not a signatory to the UN convention or an ISA member, disrupted the painstaking process this ...

The Metals Company is applying for permission from the Trump administration to mine for nickel and cobalt beneath a remote ...

The minerals that are being targeted form a critical part of the sea floor, and the sea floor is what life attaches to in the ...

Deep below the surface of the ocean, bacteria and critters that feed off nutrients spouting from hydrothermal vents met with ...

Prospectors note that deep-sea mining could be the start of ethical mineral extraction: doing away with child labor linked to terrestrial mines in some countries, providing revenue to developing ...

Deep-sea mining would kick up debris from the ocean floor, and scientists worry that clouds of sediment could clog marine species’ filtration systems and make it harder for them to see through ...

Industrial-scale deep-sea mining for metals and minerals is on hold for now, after the international group that governs the sea floor could not come to an agreement on a mining code for the ocean bed.

Deep sea mining threatens sea life, environmentalists say. California law has a solution. Workers disembark from a research vessel in San Diego in 2021 after investigating the effects of deep sea ...

Humans know very little about the deep sea. That may not stop us from mining it With a newly elected leader, the International Seabed Authority must decide the future of more than half of the wor ...