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 ...

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.

A new discovery in one of the most remote and extreme parts of the ocean is challenging our understanding of life at incredible depths. Deep beneath the Pacific Ocean, at nearly 8,000 meters, ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to promote mining of the deep-sea floor, a controversial way to get critical minerals that are used in a wide range of electronics and ...

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.

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

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.