Could lumpy metallic rocks in the deepest, darkest reaches of the ocean be making oxygen in the absence of sunlight? This ...

After more than a decade of negotiations, a new round of talks to finalize a code to regulate deep-sea mining in ...

Rules for the emerging deep-sea mining sector should take a "precautionary approach" that protects the environment, the head ...

Rules on deep-sea mining in international waters must be driven by "sound science" and built on consensus, the head of the ...

In the cold, lightless Pacific Ocean deep, the seabed is scattered with metal-rich rocks coveted by miners -- and huge ...

Such metals are sought-after for use in renewable energy devices and batteries, for example. But deep-sea mining is a ...

Mining of polymetallic nodules from the seabed might lead to significant and long-lasting ecological changes -- both in the mined area, where surface sediments and the fauna living in and on it are ...

The site of a deep-sea mining test in 1979 had lower levels of biodiversity when researchers revisited it in 2023 compared ...

Kochi: LDF and UDF MPs participated in a protest march seeking a complete halt to the deep-sea mining operations being ...

The resolution expressed concerns over the adverse impact of deep-sea mining on the region’s valuable fish resources, ...

Fishermen protest deep-sea sand mining, demand environmental study, criticize government, and receive support from Congress leaders.

Kottayam: AICC general secretary (organization) and Alappuzha MP KC Venugopal dared chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan to show ...