Invisible clouds of sediment created by underwater mining spread for miles, putting ocean floor ecosystems at risk.

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 ...

Final rule would speed process companies must go through to receive exploration licenses and commercial recovery permit ...

New research has found that deep-sea mining in international waters could threaten at least 30 species of sharks, rays and chimaeras — many of which are already at risk of extinction. Chondrichthyes, ...

The question of rare earths is less about scarcity than about choices among pathways to sustainability. Energy transitions do ...

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 ...