Countries have debated for decades whether to allow mining on the ocean floor, a potential trove of critical minerals. Now, a ...

Picture an ocean world so deep and dark it feels like another planet – where creatures glow and life survives under crushing ...

Scientists and policymakers are now faced with a difficult question: should the pursuit of greener energy come at the cost of ...

Mining companies and the Trump administration want the metals to boost manufacturing. Environmentalists and some countries ...

Head of United Nations seabed authority warns unilateral action would violate international law and undermine multilateral ...

Diplomats from more than 30 nations have criticized a proposal that could allow the start of seabed mining by 2027.

A strip of the Pacific Ocean seabed that was mined for metals more than 40 years ago has still not recovered, scientists said ...

Marine ecosystems in the deep ocean show little sign of recovery even decades after experimental mining, according to new ...

A seabed mining company has asked the Trump administration for approval to harvest the ocean floor for critical metals in ...

Marine life in the deep ocean can take decades to recover from the impact of deep-sea mining for rare metals, new research shows.

NEW DELHI – A new study has found that deep-sea mining conducted more than 40 years ago in the Pacific Ocean continues to ...

A seabed mining company has asked the Trump administration for approval to harvest the ocean floor for critical metals in international waters controlled by a United Nations-affiliated ...