Diplomats from more than 30 nations have criticized a proposal that could allow the start of seabed mining by 2027. By Eric Lipton Reporting from Washington Nearly 40 nations, big and small ...

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

"I'm deeply concerned with the prospect of unsanctioned ... told NPR that the ISA has sole authority over mining on the international seabed: "This belongs to us, and the decisions should be ...

NEW YORK - The long-running battle over whether to allow Pacific Ocean seabed mining took an unexpected turn on March 27 when a company disclosed it had been confidentially negotiating a plan with ...

The International Seabed Authority has expressed concern following reports that the U.S. subsidiary of The Metals Company is seeking deep-sea mining permits from the U.S. instead of waiting for ...

There, the machines will scrape the seabed, dredging up both sediment and nodules, carrying the latter up to the surface while releasing plumes of silt into the sea. Animals that aren’t crushed ...

A new global study warns that the climate cost of seabed trawling is still largely unknown, and researchers say urgent action is needed to close the data gap. The work is part of the Convex ...

A study published this month in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science reveals that disturbing the seabed, through activities such as trawling, could increase the scale and speed of climate change.