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 ...

The seabed is legally designated as the“common heritage of mankind,” but in practice, it has become a hotly contested ...

The head of submarine mining pioneer The Metals Company told AFP he had "no doubt" the Canadian firm would be the first to ...

The Trump Administration is initiating the process of selling leases for deep-sea mining. While deep-sea mining is expected ...

Vowing to “counter China’s growing influence over seabed mineral resources,” the Trump administration is opening a new front ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Deep-sea mining targets mineral-rich deposits such as polymetallic nodules, which contain critical materials for technologies like lithium-ion batteries. Recent ...

As the world prepares to celebrate World Ocean Day, National Geographic is making waves with the premiere of Ocean with David ...

The production of oxygen at the seafloor by polymetallic nodules is a new ecosystem function that needs to be considered when assessing the impact of deep-sea mining. These findings underscore the ...

Deep sea mining has been off limits thus ... evaluating the possibilities of mining international seabeds for polymetallic nodules (potato-sized mineral deposits containing nickel, copper, cobalt ...

Nauru has revised its commercial agreement with Canadian mining group The Metals Company for deep sea mining in international ...

President Trump signed a far-reaching executive order aimed at accelerating the development of deep-sea mining for ...

A deep-sea squat lobster in the genus Munidopsis ... like sea lilies that actually live on stalks attached to the polymetallic nodules, according to Glover. This sea squirt, or tunicate, is ...