Deep-sea mining is a key issue at the UN Oceans Conference in Nice. France 24 journalist Antonia Kerrigan is joined by marine biologist Diva Amon, who highlights the fragility and uniqueness of ...

More Deep-sea mining research and experiments over the past 40 years have shown how the removal of nodules can put seafloor creatures at risk by disrupting their habitats. However, the process can ...

While no deep-sea mineral mining has yet taken place, the Trump administration has given the go-ahead for it. Scientists in Nice say the deep sea is still a place of great uncertainty and far too ...

Scientists in Nice say the deep sea is still a place of great uncertainty and far too fragile to be tampered with. The Nature Conservancy's Ardron says any damage could take tens of thousands, if ...

Deep-sea mining could impact marine life stretching from the tiniest bottom dwellers to apex predators like swordfish and ...

World leaders have renewed calls for a global moratorium on deep-sea mining at the 2025 U.N. Ocean Conference (UNOC) in Nice, France, as the U.S. moves to mine the deep sea in international waters ...

There’s no deep-sea mining in our country,” he told Mongabay. “We need to protect ourselves.” Banner image: Striped barracuda (Sphyraena obtusata) in Papua New Guinea.

UNITED NATIONS, United States — In a world hungry for crucial resources, China may not be poised to start deep-sea mining, but it is planting seeds for such operations in a meticulously planned ...

In a world hungry for crucial resources, China may not be poised to start deep-sea mining but it is planting seeds for such operations in a meticulously planned economic and geopolitical strategy.

The president has ordered the agency to swifty advance the approval of licenses and permits for exploring and mining deep-sea minerals. Part of the NOAA headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland.