U.S. District Judge Eric Komitee dismissed the lawsuit against TMC The Metals Co. on Friday, finding that the company hadn’t ...

Conservation groups, including the National Wildlife Federation and Oceana, are calling for a moratorium on deep-sea mining ...

The U.S. push to mine international waters for metals defies global efforts to control and protect these fragile ecosystems.

The conduits, which are spooled in big stacks on a boat before being buried in an underwater trench, are a crucial part of ...

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

President Donald Trump has signed a new executive order that supports deep sea mining in both United States and international ...

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

This principle, later enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), marked a turning point by establishing that the ocean floor and its resources could not be claimed or ...

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

A science consortium led by CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, has developed the first environmental management and ...

With a $621,000 award from NASA, University of Massachusetts Amherst microbiologist James Holden will dedicate the next three years to “predicting” the nature of life on Europa.