Invisible clouds of sediment created by underwater mining spread for miles, putting ocean floor ecosystems at risk.
A brittlestar found on the seafloor of the Clarion-Clipperton Zone [Natural History Museum/ University of Gothenburg] Machines mining minerals in the deep ocean have been found to cause significant ...
While the Trump administration frames deep-sea mining as a ‘core national security and economic interest,’ dozens of ...
The Trump administration announced this past week that it has entered talks with the Cook Islands to research and develop seabed mineral resources. The Polynesian archipelago is one of only a handful ...
As Guam and the CNMI await the next steps in a potential federal push for deep-sea mining in the region, the Trump ...
The Trump administration argues that opening America’s seafloor to deep-sea mining is essential for strengthening our economy and securing our energy future.
President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday issued a new rule to fast-track deep-sea mining in international waters, ...
Machines mining minerals in the deep ocean have been found to cause significant damage to life on the seabed, scientists carrying out the largest study of its kind say. They found that the number of ...