The Trump administration hoped that mining critical minerals could boost U.S. GDP by $300 billion over 10 years and create ...

President Trump signed an executive order Thursday that aims to jump-start mining on the ocean floor. Large-scale deep sea ...

President Trump signed an order Thursday aimed at making it easier for companies to mine the ocean floor. Scientists and ...

By Max BearakRebecca Dzombak and Harry Stevens President Trump has ordered the U.S. government to take a major step toward mining vast tracts of the ocean floor, a move that is opposed by nearly ...

Such mining is currently banned ... as concerns about the impact of harvesting the ocean floor grew globally. He was replaced by Carvalho, a Brazilian oceanographer who is seen as more receptive ...

Oceans cover about 70% of the Earth’s surface, yet the ocean floor remains largely untouched ... away from fossil fuels has put deep-sea mining in the spotlight. Clean energy technologies ...

While the permits could cover territory far beyond the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf, the president is also setting in motion potential seabed mining within U.S. coastal waters. Trump’s directive ...

Supporters of deep-sea mining say it would lessen the need for ... warning that industrial operations on the ocean floor could cause irreversible biodiversity loss. "The United States government ...

Here’s why Norway is taking a leading role. Photo: Loke Marine Minerals President Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling for the mining of the deep sea as part of a broader effort by ...

the idea circulated around the world—starting in the U.S.—that the ocean contained endless mineral resources, says Ingulstad, who works on a multidisciplinary project studying deep-sea mining.