China has launched a new ultradeep drilling campaign, aiming to unlock oil and gas resources from depths exceeding 8,000 ...

A growing controversy is swirling around deep-sea mining, which aims to extract valuable minerals from the ocean floor. In July, the UN-affiliated International Seabed Authority (ISA) will start ...

As interest in deep-sea mining grows, understanding the ecological impacts and developing effective management strategies becomes increasingly important. Recent research has focused on assessing ...

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

And few places are as outlandish as the ocean deep. But deep-sea mining appears poised to get a boost from the incoming Trump administration, according to The Wall Street Journal. A string of ...

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

New Zealand is considering withdrawing its support for an international ban on deep-sea mining, the country's resources minister told AFP on Tuesday. Resources Minister Shane Jones said opposition ...