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The Trump Administration Wants Seafloor Mining. What Does That Mean?
On Thursday, President Trump signed an executive order that aims to permit, for the first time, industrial mining of the seabed for minerals. Scientists have expressed deep reservations that mining could irreversibly harm these deep-sea ecosystems before their value and workings are fully understood.
California-based company Impossible Metals asked the Trump administration earlier this month to auction off mining leases for ...
Holt, one of Magellan’s offshore managers, said the aim was to test the physical requirements and environmental impacts of ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN6d
As Norway Considers Deep-Sea Mining, a Rich History of Ocean Conservation Decisions May Inform How the Country ActsAt the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge off the Norwegian coast, molten rock rises from deep within the Earth between spreading ...
Mongabay News on MSN5d
With deep-sea mining plans in limbo, Norwegian companies fold or dig inBy Elizabeth Claire Alberts This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network, where Elizabeth Claire ...
A new executive order pits the United States against the rest of the world over the question of who can exploit mineral ...
Companies are preparing to move forward with seabed mining, but a method for gathering critical minerals from the seafloor ...
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