A deep-sea mining operation that recently took place off the coast of Papua New Guinea (PNG) has raised alarm bells for ...

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 ...

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

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

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

It is unfortunate that the study that found “dark oxygen” produced by metallic nodules on the seabed is having such a quick and negative effect on potential deep-sea mining. This form of ...

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 ...

TMC and its partner PAMCO have produced approximately 500 tonnes of calcine during the first phase of a commercial-scale ...

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 ...