Deep-sea mining could impact marine life stretching from the tiniest bottom dwellers to apex predators like swordfish and ...

Japan will from January attempt to extract rare earth minerals from the ocean floor in the deepest trial of its kind, the ...

The International Seabed Authority (ISA) meets next week to continue debating rules for ocean floor mining in international ...

Deep-sea mining could impact marine life stretching from the tiniest bottom dwellers to apex predators like swordfish and ...

Japan will try to mine the seabed in its Exclusive Economic Zone. Like the United States, India and Australia, Japan wants to ...

What makes The Metals Company (TMC), a little-known company that isn't even making any money, a threat to the ocean, ...

The United States, which is not a signatory to the UN convention or an ISA member, disrupted the painstaking process this ...

Japan has announced that it will launch the world’s first deep-sea mining test for rare minerals in January 2026. The mission ...

Key points The deep sea is one of Earth's most fragile and least understood environments.A group of scientists led by CSIRO ...

Analysis - Unilateral deep-sea mining, such as that planned by the Trump administration, could have grave impacts on Africa.

An Australian study has set a new global benchmark for assessing the environmental risks of deep-sea mining. The study pro ...