A new executive order pits the United States against the rest of the world over the question of who can exploit mineral ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aimed at boosting the deep-sea mining industry, the latest ...

President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that aims to jumpstart mining on the ocean floor. Large-scale deep sea ...

The administration moves to sidestep U.N. body governing the ocean floor and the harvesting of minerals and metals in ...

President Donald Trump is trying to fast track a brand new, highly controversial industry – mining critical minerals in the ...

U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Thursday to boost the deep-sea mining industry, the ...

Five thousand meters beneath the Pacific Ocean is a deep-sea mining hotbed and a swarm of odd creatures that need protecting.

President Trump is reportedly considering an executive order that would speed up permitting for deep-sea mining, which could ...

In 1979, a deep-sea mining experiment in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) left a lasting mark on the seabed. Decades later, ...

This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network, where Elizabeth Claire Alberts is a fellow. BERGEN ...

NEW DELHI – A new study has found that deep-sea mining conducted more than 40 years ago in the Pacific Ocean continues to affect marine ecosystems, raising concerns over its lasting ...

In 1982, geologist Martin Hovland sat aboard a research ship owned by the Norwegian oil company Statoil (now Equinor) in the ...