The ISA, a little-known U.N. regulator that oversees deep-sea mining, is responsible for both the exploitation and ...

By Elizabeth Claire Alberts A deep-sea mining operation that recently took place off the coast of Papua New Guinea (PNG) has ...

Researchers from Boston University have made a startling discovery: rocks are producing "dark oxygen" in a region currently ...

In May one of the world’s most prominent environmental groups, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), began a lawsuit against the Norwegian government citing the latter’s intent to begin deep sea ...

Enlarge / Following the 2022 Hunga volcano eruption, a nearby hydrothermal vent was seen coated with a white mat of bacteria and surrounded by a thick layer of ash. The vent usually supports animal ...

And on Tuesday a Nauru-backed company told AFP it would forge ahead with contentious plans to start industrial deep-sea ...

Researchers say the polymetallic nodules that mining companies hope to harvest from the deep-ocean seafloor may be a source ...

The United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative has warned of significant reputational, regulatory, and operational risks associated with plans to mine the deep seabed. We need to think ...

The President of the ISA Council has committed to providing a revised version of the consolidated text in November 2024, with ...

Despite the apparent benefits, there are significant legal gaps and technological limitations that must be addressed before ...

An online opinion poll on deep sea mining has been criticised by the government regulator responsible for overseeing seabed ...

In the depths of the Pacific Ocean, about 12,000 feet below the surface, lies a region called the Clarion-Clipperton Zone ...