This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network, where Elizabeth Claire Alberts is a fellow. BERGEN ...

In 1982, geologist Martin Hovland sat aboard a research ship owned by the Norwegian oil company Statoil (now Equinor) in the ...

An alternative to dredging aims to capture moving sand to protect the archipelago from erosion and rising seas.

Along certain parts of the ocean floor lies a bounty of rare minerals and metals, critical components for batteries, electric ...

An imminent executive order on deep sea mining could open a new resource frontier. It’s a signal to markets that the United ...

NEW DELHI – A new study has found that deep-sea mining conducted more than 40 years ago in the Pacific Ocean continues to affect marine ecosystems, raising concerns over its lasting ...

New York (AFP) – A Canadian deep-sea mining pioneer, The Metals Company, is charting a new course to land the controversial extraction practice's first commercial contract -- by appealing to US ...

A Canadian deep-sea mining pioneer, The Metals Company, is charting a new course to land the controversial extraction practice's first commercial contract -- by appealing to US President Donald Trump.

The International Seabed Authority has expressed concern following reports that the US subsidiary of The Metals Company is seeking deep-sea mining permits from the US instead of waiting for the global ...