It’s the latest twist in the controversial global race to mine the deep sea for rare-earth elements and other valuable ...

On September 7, the Chinese fishing trawler Minjinyu 5179 refused an order by Japan’s coast guard to leave disputed waters ...

A deep-sea mining test shows ecosystem damage can begin immediately, with more than one-third of seafloor animals lost in a single pass.

The survey will take place in an area of 30,000 square miles being considered for mining that is adjacent to the Rose Atoll ...

Kate Finn, a citizen of the Osage Nation and executive director of the Tallgrass Institute Center for Indigenous Economic ...

Far below the waves of the Pacific, scientists are uncovering a riot of life just as industrial machines line up to scrape the seabed for metals. Hundreds of newly described animals, from delicate ...

While the Trump administration frames deep-sea mining as a ‘core national security and economic interest,’ dozens of ...

Clearing mines from the sea is a perilous operation and doing so in an active conflict is even more dangerous.

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

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