In February, the Cook Islands announced a key deal with China: a five-year agreement on deep sea exploration of marine ...

Noise pollution from deep-sea mining carries an invisible risk for sea life, warn researchers, urging greater transparency ...

Some companies, like the Norwegian firm Loke Marine Minerals, have already gone bust due to funding troubles. As for another key stakeholder—nature—Sumaila’s paper concluded that the costs ...

The crucial conference in France comes after Trump ordered the US to pursue deep-sea mining with potentially damaging ...

Here’s why Norway is taking a leading role. Photo: Loke Marine Minerals President Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling for the mining of the deep sea as part of a broader effort by ...

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 ...

As experts and businesses look for ways to rid the Earth's atmosphere of CO₂, they're trying to increase the ocean's capacity ...

Here’s why Norway is taking a leading role. Photo: Loke Marine Minerals News moves fast, and there's not always time to untangle the complex forces driving the day's biggest stories. WSJ ...