The minerals that are being targeted form a critical part of the sea floor, and the sea floor is what life attaches to in the ...

There is growing alarm over climate and ecological risks of deep-sea mining, even as companies like Impossible Metals ...

The deep sea refers to the part of the ocean below 200 meters (656 ft.), at which light begins to disappear. Despite making up more than 90% of the Earth’s marine environment, much of the deep-sea ...

Vowing to “counter China’s growing influence over seabed mineral resources,” the Trump administration is opening a new front ...

Half a century after the world's first deep sea mining tests picked nodules from the seafloor off the US east coast, the damage has barely begun to heal.

It occurs following changes in the optical properties of the ocean that reduce the depth of its photic zones, the surface ...

Around 90% of species in the ... and start extracting. A US deep-sea mining industry is essential to counter China’s aggressive pursuit of ocean minerals, a White House spokesperson said ...

About 90 percent of species found in the Clarion Clipperton Zone have never been identified, yet they may be at risk from mining for minerals such as cobalt and nickel. This sea urchin ...

Deep-sea organisms often make use of mineral nodules to anchor themselves on the sea floor. Ocean conservation groups argue that mining the deep sea puts the environment at risk. Deep-sea ...

Deep sea mining companies say concerns are exaggerated and that mining the ocean offers a more sustainable way to extract these metals and minerals than land-based mining, which has well ...