International Seabed Authority

Diplomats from more than 30 nations have criticized a proposal that could allow the start of seabed mining by 2027.

Mining companies and the Trump administration want the metals to boost manufacturing. Environmentalists and some countries worry industrial mining would harm oceans.

With a newly elected leader, the International Seabed Authority must decide the future of more than half of the world's ocean floor.

Amid post-election mayhem in Caracas, Washington has prioritized diplomacy over punishment.

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Scientists discovered "dark oxygen" produced by deep-sea polymetallic nodules deep below sea level, redefining our understanding of ocean and early Earth life.

Trump has generally shunned global engagement. But he and J.D. Vance have a lot of plans for the region.

"I think about how catastrophic thinking can be generative, how to not keep it in the loop, but to bring it out into something else," says Chang.

A part of the Pacific Ocean earmarked for deep-sea mining is home to a surprising variety of life, images from a recent voyage to the Clarion-Clipperton Zone...

In Jamaica, international negotiations are underway over how to govern the mining of precious metals that can help fuel renewable technologies. But the U.S. isn't at the negotiating table.

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Recent studies show mining could have a profound impact on deep sea ecosystems

An underwater robot prototype might eventually help pluck important metals from the ocean floor.

Fish, shrimp and other creatures were found in much lower numbers 13 months after a deep-sea mining test in the Pacific Ocean

Plus: Slow down, AI.

Fishers and retailers say mining's impact on tuna fishing in the Pacific might be felt on supermarket shelves around the world

Applications for provisional licenses for deep-sea mining are now being accepted by a U.N. agency. The agency is still debating whether to open the depths of the ocean to mining.

The International Seabed Authority — the United Nations body that regulates the world's ocean floor — is preparing to resume negotiations that could open the...

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The world's first international treaty to protect the high seas, adopted by the United Nations on Monday, contains landmark tools for the conservation and...