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

Black smoker vents sustain unique ecosystems ... the announcement it planned to open its waters for exploratory deep-sea mining, the first nation to do so. If all went to plan, companies would ...

The Trump administration is preparing an historic executive order to reassert American leadership on the new mineral frontier ...

Deep-sea mining (DSM) not only poses significant environmental, social, and economic risks that may have far-reaching implications for coastal communities and Small Island Developing States (SIDS ...

Deep-sea mining activities can create sediment plumes, introduce noise and light pollution, and discharge water with higher concentrations of metals, potentially disrupting tuna habitats and ...

Image by Elizabeth Claire Alberts/Mongabay. Environmentalists have been particularly outspoken against the industry, warning that deep-sea mining could irreparably destroy fragile marine ...

The White House is weighing an executive order that would fast-track permitting for deep-sea mining in international waters and let mining companies bypass a United Nations-backed review process ...

Executive order under review would bypass UN-backed body International Seabed Authority has yet to set rules NOAA would oversee permitting for deep-sea mining March 31 (Reuters) - The White House ...

Exclusive-White House Weighs Executive Order to Fast-Track Deep-Sea Mining, Sources Say By Ernest Scheyder and Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) - The White House is weighing an executive order that would ...

Credit - Carolyn Cole—Getty Images The Trump Administration is ... a “road map” that would govern any potential deep-sea mining in international waters. If the U.S. were to move forward ...