Why might the U.S. be interested in deep-sea mining, and what are the environmental risks? Here's what you need to know.

In 1979, a deep-sea mining experiment in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) left a lasting mark on the seabed. Decades later, ...

This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network, where Elizabeth Claire Alberts is a fellow. BERGEN ...

Workers disembark from a research vessel that returned from the Clarion Clipperton ... Cook Islands are supportive of deep-sea mining in their own economic zones. The U.S. has not signed on ...

By: Paulina Barnjak and Dylan Long The affirmative In the age of accelerating climate change, collapsing ecosystems and ...

Deep-sea mining endangers rare species, threatening biodiversity in the ocean's depths and raising critical questions about ...

The company acquired two deep-sea mining licenses in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone through its purchase of UK Seabed Resources (UKSR) from U.S. aerospace and defense giant Lockheed Martin.

As an oceanographer studying zooplankton in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, I am concerned about the impact of deep-sea mining on this ecologically important midwater zone. This ecosystem is home to ...

Environmental group puts in symbolic £1 bid as UK licences auctioned off Greenpeace UK lawyers have written to the UK ...

The US feels otherwise. “Under the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act, US companies can apply for exploration licenses ...