Researchers keep pulling unnamed animals from the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, a vast stretch of abyssal Pacific seafloor between ...

A Canadian deep-sea mining company may become the first to commercially mine the international seabed under a controversial U ...

Seabed mining is attracting renewed interest as demand for cobalt, nickel, copper, and other critical minerals used in ...

The International Seabed Authority is holding an election for secretary general on Friday. The vote is a microcosm of a broader debate pitting conservationists against the mining industry. Get the ...

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Indigenous advocates who have been fighting for their rights to be acknowledged in global regulations for seabed mining are bracing for the outcome of this week’s gathering of the International Seabed ...

The clock is ticking down fast but is there a need to rush? In 2021, the island nation of Nauru triggered a treaty provision known as the "two-year rule" that obliges the International Seabed ...

Beneath the waves of the high seas, beyond the national borders of any country, lies the deep seabed. Known in international law as the “Area,” it covers 54% of the global ocean and lies at depths ...

A refining plant that would process mineral-rich nodules collected from the ocean floor could bring hundreds of jobs to the ...

A growing number of countries are calling to halt mining on the ocean floor. The topic will take center stage at thi annual assembly of the International Seabed Authority, which governs seabed mining.