Analysis - The international legal order is floundering. The geopolitical and resource policy priorities of the United States are shifting.

The former Cook Islands prime minister and Pacific Islands Forum head has joined the board of the deep sea mining company ...

Opponents of DSM, who include scientists, conservationists, oceanographers, nation states, Indigenous peoples and most of ...

Critics call for an industry moratorium until more scientific data can be obtained about fragile deep sea ecosystems.

Conservationists say retrieving mineral-rich rocks will destroy sea life. Environmental studies show conflicting results.

Deep-sea mining’s rise raises urgent legal, ethical, and environmental questions as demand for critical minerals grows in the ...

The White House’s executive order last month purports to authorize mining in international waters – against the authority of ...

Rising temperatures could cause huge amounts of toxic materials to seep out of sealed-off mines into waterways ...

The deep seafloor remains a mystery—only 0.001% has been seen. We live on an ocean world. Yet we know surprisingly little about these oceans. In a new study published in Science Advances, researchers ...

The thing that people have missed is that there is zero chance that this will not happen,” Gerard Barron, CEO of The Metals ...

The deep-sea mining gamble holds no financial miracle. Rather, it is a sinking investment that is quite literally costing the ...