President Donald Trump had issued an executive order to jump-start the nascent deep-sea mining industry three months earlier.

He has the chic of a Silicon Valley tech bro and a clean energy pitch for investors, but will Gerard Barron's deep-sea mining ...

The deep sea, the planet’s most expansive and least understood ecosystem, remains largely unexplored. Yet while the deep sea may seem a dark and distant space, events underwater directly impact our ...

The Cook Islands Seabed Minerals Authority says more information is needed before a decision is made on whether mining can proceed.

September 2025/Ghent/Kiel. With a four-day meeting at Ghent University, the third phase of the European research project MiningImpact has officially begun. Researchers from nine countries are joining ...

The book's author says she had editorial control but needed the book signed off by the charity. A children's book exploring ...

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As demand for critical minerals surges amid fears of overreliance on Chinese supplies, the United States has begun taking steps to secure access to the vast stores of minerals on the seabed. With ...

F or the last 20 years, Lisa Speer has been working doggedly to protect biodiversity and environmental interests in ...

On August 4, on the 60th anniversary of the Cook Islands’ becoming a self-governing state, the United States and Cook Islands announced bilateral cooperation to advance deep-sea mining exploration in ...

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