The next frontier in energy: the deep ocean, where there are enormous deposits of the minerals needed for clean energy technologies. Is this a game-changing breakthrough or an environmental disaster ...

New Zealand is considering withdrawing its support for an international ban on deep-sea mining, the country's resources ...

One would think that a volcano was not the most hospitable place for living organisms. However, the Borealis Mud Volcano, at ...

First Solar agreed to refrain from using minerals mined from the deep sea, an early win for shareholder environmental ...

A major legal challenge in deep-sea mining is the jurisdictional ambiguity between international waters and areas within national Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) —which extend up to 200 nautical miles ...

Outer space could use a set of traffic laws — and cops who can enforce them. The amount of both space junk and satellites orbiting the Earth now, the moon soon, and Mars eventually, poses a massive, ...

"Portugal Lawmakers Take Step Toward Deep-sea Mining Ban", 31 January 2025. ...Deep-sea mining has come to the forefront in ...

TMC The Metals Co (NASDAQ:TMC) is a deep-sea mining company. The company focuses on extracting polymetallic nodules from the Pacific Ocean’s Clarion Clipperton Zone and targets metals for EVs ...

Shares of The Metals Company (Nasdaq: TMC) surged in January amid growing anticipation of support for deep-sea mining under the Trump administration. TMC, in partnership with the Republic of Nauru ...

Crewed submersible has been key to Chinese ambitions to lead oceanic research and exploration in areas like deep-sea mining ...

This decision follows a shareholder proposal led by corporate responsibility non-profit As You Sow, which raised concerns about the environmental impact of deep sea mining and its potential inclusion ...