The U.S. push to mine international waters for metals defies global efforts to control and protect these fragile ecosystems.

This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network, where Elizabeth Claire Alberts is a fellow. On ...

Human waste, mostly plastic, was found in abundance at the deepest part of the Mediterranean called the Calypso Deep, 3.1 ...

With the backing of the US government, a Canadian company is poised to sidestep UN laws and start vacuuming what it deems battery-grade metals from international waters.

The International Seabed Authority (ISA) meets next week to continue debating rules for ocean floor mining in international ...

Supporters say deep-sea mining could boost the U.S. economy and reduce reliance on land-based mines, ... Reuters first reported last month that the order was under deliberation.

Deep-sea mining firm The Metals Co asked the Trump administration on Tuesday to approve its plans to mine the international seabed, making it the first such company to seek the government's ...

The deep sea needs rules, says the head of the body that governs it ... Under international law, the deep seabed belongs to no single country or corporation—it is our common heritage.

Canadian deep-sea miner The Metals Company asked the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Tuesday for permission to harvest critical minerals from the ocean floor, under a new ...

In the deep seas found at the Earth’s poles, explorers are still finding elusive and mysterious sea creatures. On an ...

The deep sea begins roughly 200 meters below the surface, at the depth where sunlight disappears. It makes up more than 90% of the ocean’s volume, yet most of what lies beneath remains a mystery.