Scattered across an abyssal plain known as the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) are polymetallic nodules that are a potato-sized ...

Deep sea mining has been off limits thus far, both because it's awfully hard, and because governments haven't yet firmed up ...

When Solomon Kahoʻohalahala arrived in Jamaica in mid-March to attend a meeting of the International Seabed Authority, he ...

This is the midwater zone, a hidden ecosystem that begins 650 feet below the ocean surface and sustains life across our ...

The International Seabed Authority has raised concerns over The Metals Company’s bid to bypass multilateral oversight by ...

Head of United Nations seabed authority warns move would be 'violation of international law' and undermine multilateral ...

The move would enable miners to bypass the ISA and obtain permits from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...

Polymetallic nodules collected by The Metals Company during a deep sea trial in the Pacific Ocean in November 2022.The Metals Company A Vancouver-based company said it is seeking approval under ...

A Vancouver-based mining company is looking to sidestep the international agency charged with regulating mining in ...

“The law of the sea basically colonized [Pacific peoples’] ocean,” said Frank Murphy, a resident of French Polynesia who ...

The International Seabed Authority has expressed concern following reports that the U.S. subsidiary of The Metals Company is ...