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

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

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

The study found that a deep-sea mining test in 1979 in the North Pacific still showed lower levels of biodiversity than ...

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

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

yet we're debating whether we should be going to pick up these rocks that sit on the abyssal plain? Something has got screwed up here," Barron said in an interview with NPR earlier this month.

yet we're debating whether we should be going to pick up these rocks that sit on the abyssal plain? Something has got screwed up here," Barron said in an interview with NPR. Many marine scientists ...