A mining-machine test on the deep-ocean floor resulted in species diversity declining by roughly 32% in the tracks of the ...
A new report reveals the results of a study exploring biodiversity in a region targeted for seabed mining—capturing baseline data, tracking natural changes and assessing the impacts of a polymetallic ...
Japan will conduct test mining of rare-earth-rich mud from the deep seabed off Minamitori Island, some 1,900 kilometres ...
As companies search underwater for resources, scientists are taking inventory of the ocean-dwelling creatures that could be disturbed or harmed by deep-sea mining.
A cnidarian is attached to a dead sponge stalk on a manganese nodule in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. Diva Amon and Craig Smith, University of Hawaii at Mānoa Picture an ocean world so deep and dark it ...
A cnidarian is attached to a dead sponge stalk on a manganese nodule in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. Diva Amon and Craig Smith, University of Hawaii at Mānoa Picture an ocean world so deep and dark it ...
Peggy Oki — a renowned Carpinteria artist, surfer, skateboarder, and environmental activist — led a protest on Sunday at Rincon Beach to raise awareness about the consequences of deep-sea mining. The ...
President Trump’s April executive order aims to accelerate U.S. deep-sea mining, stockpile critical minerals, and reduce reliance on China for rare earths and battery metals. Companies like TMC The ...
Deep-sea mining targets mineral deposits on the ocean floor, typically at depths of 3,000–6,000 meters. Most attention focuses on polymetallic nodules—potato-sized rocks lying on abyssal plains—and on ...