Global negotiations over the future of the deep sea are underway this week in Kingston, Jamaica where member states of the International Seabed Authority have gathered to continue shaping a regulatory ...

WASHINGTON— President Trump signed an executive order today to fast-track a process that purports to allow U.S.-affiliated companies to mine the deep seabed in U.S. and international waters. The order ...

Pacific nations are grappling with growing divisions over deep-sea mining as regional leaders, experts, and global partners ...

After sitting on the sidelines for nearly 30 years, the United States is preparing to dive into deep-sea mining. While the U.S. has long deferred to laws established by the U.N. Convention on the Law ...

On the floor of the Pacific Ocean, billions of tons of geological materials called nodules hold key minerals like nickel, cobalt and magnesium that are critical for uses like electric cars, powerlines ...

“For nodule mining, some simple scientific steps would help to resolve the risk of biodiversity loss, which is still mostly ...

Environmental groups are decrying an executive order signed by President Donald Trump to expedite deep-sea mining for minerals, saying it could irreparably harm marine ecosystems and ignores an ...

Environmental questions plague deep-sea mining ambitions, but US bodies say the sector needs an adaptive management approach.

As demand for critical minerals surges around the world, countries are debating whether to mine the untapped deep-sea reserves of cobalt, copper and manganese, miles below the surface. But a growing ...

U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on April 24 to expedite the process of exploring and mining for valuable minerals found on the deep ocean seafloor, in both U.S. and international ...

There’s increasing interest in deep-sea mining, but the impacts that this will have on the animals that live in the depths ...

They say the move could irreparably harm marine ecosystems and ignores an ongoing process to adopt international rules for the practice. In this Sept. 6, 2017, photo provided by the National Oceanic ...