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

“Future mineral demand can be met without deep seabed mining,” declared the World Wildlife Fund in a report finding that innovations could curb demand for critical minerals by 20% to 58% by 2050.

Amy Gartman, a research oceanographer and global marine minerals project chief at the US Geological Survey’s Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center in Santa Cruz, California, said the USGS ...

OCEAN SPRINGS, MS / ACCESS Newswire / July 14, 2025 / At its annual spring meeting, the Science Center for Marine Fisheries ...

In February, the Cook Islands announced a key deal with China: a five-year agreement on deep sea exploration of marine minerals. While the deal does not yet include full mining permits, it ...

Deep-sea mining is promoted as a solution for the energy transition and wealth for developing nations. However, evidence ...

[1] Convention on the Law of the Sea, Dec. 10, 1982, 1833 U.N.T.S. 397. [2] 30 U.S.C. § 1412. [3] 30 U.S.C. § 1415(a)(1)–(5). In January 2025, NOAA issued a State of the Science Fact Sheet ...

Photo: Loke Marine Minerals. The controversial race to mine the deep sea is ramping up around the world. Here’s why Norway is taking a leading role. Photo: Loke Marine Minerals.

A vast resistance. Prior to the president’s order, more than 900 leading scientists and marine policy experts from over 70 countries, including Amon from Trinidad and Tobago, had signed a ...

TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. (OMEX) (NASDAQ: OMEX), an ocean exploration pioneer engaged in the discovery, development, and extraction of critical minerals that ...

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