The federal government said it would hold hearings next month on controversial applications to mine the ocean floor.
As companies search underwater for resources, scientists are taking inventory of the ocean-dwelling creatures that could be ...
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A deep-sea mining test carved up the seabed. Two years on, we're seeing devastating impacts
Hundreds of animals were recently discovered at the bottom of the eastern Pacific, but that was before a deep-sea mining operation churned through the seabed. Once the machinery arrived, biodiversity ...
The U.S. government is moving closer to approving deep-sea mining in international waters, opening a contentious new front in ...
New research highlights significant ecological risks from deep-sea mining, intensifying global debate over whether securing ...
A cnidarian is attached to a dead sponge stalk on a manganese nodule in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. Diva Amon and Craig Smith, University of Hawaii at Mānoa Picture an ocean world so deep and dark it ...
In a push to pause the federal government’s proposal to open over 35 million acres of waters in the Marianas for mineral extraction, one veteran policymaker has introduced a resolution to show G ...
Govs. Lou Leon Guerrero and David Apatang are asking federal ocean officials to send a representative to Guam and the ...
Deep-sea mining trials revealed significant but localized biodiversity loss in one of the planet’s least explored ecosystems.
A cnidarian is attached to a dead sponge stalk on a manganese nodule in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. Diva Amon and Craig Smith, University of Hawaii at Mānoa Picture an ocean world so deep and dark it ...
Drilling for minerals deep in the ocean could have immense consequences for the tiny animals at the core of the vast marine food web — and ultimately affect fisheries and the food we find on our ...
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