Nearly 1,000 marine scientists and policy experts have similarly voiced their opposition. Even the surface of the moon is ...

The Metals Company, a prominent seabed-mining company, applauded the change and filed a new application more than doubling ...

A mining-machine test on the deep-ocean floor resulted in species diversity declining by roughly 32% in the tracks of the mining equipment. Researchers worked in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone ( CCZ) ...

Drilling for minerals deep in the ocean could have immense consequences for the tiny animals at the core of the vast marine food web — and ultimately affect fisheries and the food we find on our ...