The world's oceans, both international waters and those under national jurisdiction, are rich in minerals and metals.

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 ...

French Polynesia pledged this week to create the world’s largest marine protected area to safeguard its seas — and it hopes ...

The crucial conference in France comes after Trump ordered the US to pursue deep-sea mining with potentially damaging ...

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

Polymetallic nodules are home to many deep-sea species, such as this bryozoan. Credit: Adrian Glover, Thomas Dahlgren, Helena Wiklund. Focus: Studying biodiversity in regions of interest for deep-sea ...

Extracting rare metals from the ocean floor risks harming largely unexplored ecosystems and presents a dilemma the ...

Adversarial nations and strategic competitors currently dominate global supplies of rare earth elements—and control much of the world’s processing capacity for other critical&n ...

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

World leaders gathered for the UN Ocean Conference in Nice on Monday called for strict rules to govern deep-sea mining and ...

French Polynesia pledged this week to create the world's largest marine protected area to safeguard its seas -- and it hopes ...