The U.S. government is planning to auction off massive sections of water surrounding American Samoa for potential deep-sea ...

By Victoria Schneider In its most recent update to the Red List of threatened species, the International Union for ...

Thousands of meters beneath the ocean surface, creatures that have never been formally named are vanishing before scientists ...

Rare molluscs that could advance medicine and technology are increasingly at risk as seabed mineral extraction expands.

The Wild West is alive and well — it just moved underwater. As nations and companies race to stake their claim in the deep sea, industry is moving faster than regulation can keep up. This year, the ...

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Governments are meeting in Jamaica to decide the future of one of mining’s most controversial frontiers: the deep ocean. As ...

Deep sea mining has been off limits thus far, both because it's awfully hard, and because governments haven't yet firmed up regulations around extracting minerals offshore. That might soon change, as ...

Norway's recent approval of deep-sea mining sets a precedent for other nations, as they seek to access critical minerals necessary for renewable energy technologies. While environmentalists and ...

Japan is seeking to curb dependence on China for the valuable minerals used in an array of high-tech products from missiles ...

With nothing to buoy this deep-sea mining stock higher, shares sank like a stone.

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