Rules on deep-sea mining in international waters must be driven by "sound science" and built on consensus, the head of the ...

Rules for the emerging deep-sea mining sector should take a "precautionary approach" that protects the environment, the head ...

Mining of polymetallic nodules from the seabed might lead to significant and long-lasting ecological changes -- both in the mined area, where surface sediments and the fauna living in and on it are ...

The rapid expansion of China’s ocean exploration offers Beijing valuable military intelligence as it expands its naval reach ...

The site of a deep-sea mining test in 1979 had lower levels of biodiversity when researchers revisited it in 2023 compared ...

Such metals are sought-after for use in renewable energy devices and batteries, for example. But deep-sea mining is a controversial means of obtaining them because of its potentially significant ...

But some in the current Trump administration have called for mining a new source: the ocean floor. Deep-sea mining remains controversial and has yet to be approved in either federal waters or ...

The resolution said experts had also raised concerns that large-scale mining in deep-sea areas could lead to the destruction of corals, sea urchins and crabs, further threatening marine biodiversity.

Independent researchers from the MiningImpact project and the German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources ...

But deep-sea mining is a controversial means of obtaining them because of its potentially significant environmental impacts. "We felt that a vehicle that used AI to look for life and avoid it ...