The proposed move would take from funds already allocated by Congress for semiconductor research and chip factory ...

A submarine volcano off the coast of the Pacific Northwest of the US is set to blow in 2025. Seamounts like this are ...

The Governor's Office is voicing concerns that the federal government is sidelining Guam's input on deep seabed mining ...

US woos Cook Islands on deep-sea mining By Hannah Northey | 08/06/2025 04:18 PM EDT The State Department signed a pact with the Cook Islands months after the island nation inked a similar deal ...

The Cook Islands — which lays claim to one of the world's biggest deposits of polymetallic nodules — signed a deep-sea mining cooperation deal with China earlier this year.

The State Department has already begun talks with the South Pacific nation for research on seabed mineral exploration and development.

We cannot outpace our principles. A moratorium on deep-sea mining is not a delay tactic; it's the strongest course of action—for peace, for ecosystems, and for American leadership.

Deep-sea mining risks destroying fragile marine ecosystems, precious habitats, and undiscovered species. Deep-sea mining involves the extraction of minerals from the ocean floor at depths.

Deep-sea creatures are interconnected across globe via hidden ocean ‘superhighway’ Study finds marine creatures off southern Australia share close evolutionary links with species in North ...

Understanding how life is distributed and moves through this vast environment is essential if we want to protect it, especially as threats from deep-sea mining and climate change increase.” ...

President Trump’s April executive order aims to accelerate U.S. deep-sea mining, stockpile critical minerals, and reduce reliance on China for rare earths and battery metals.