Gerard Barron

Professor Andrew Sweetman and his colleagues set out to measure seafloor respiration but instead stumbled upon a hidden ecosystem capable of producing oxygen. The most crucial element...

The race is on to tap the riches of minerals in the high seas.

Companies are diving to the bottom to scoop up metals essential for our EV-driven future. But how much ocean are we willing to sacrifice?

The U.S.'s failure to ratify the U.N.'s Law of the Sea treaty means other countries could race ahead in seabed mining.

The risks vastly outweigh the potential benefits, they argue.

Efforts to extract the metals used in car batteries have been pushed off amid pressure from environmentalists and nations that oppose them.

At least one company has found a work-around to international opposition to deep-sea mining: The Trump administration.

Mining the seafloor could boost global production of clean energy technology—and destroy the ocean in the process

During the historic deepsea trials, engineers drove the pilot collector vehicle across over 80 kilometers of the seafloor, collecting approximately 4,500 tonnes of nodules and bringing over 3,000 tonnes up a 4.3-km riser system to the surface production vessel, Hidden Gem The Allseas-designed pilot

Mining firms want to scrape the seabed for minerals used in electric car batteries. Scientists worry about conflicts of interest with the gatekeeper to mining permits.

New research shows that potato-sized rocks called polymetallic nodules may be creating the "dark oxygen" of the deep sea. How will this affect current negotiations on the future of the mining industry?

The Metals Company announced it will submit an application for mining the deep sea in international waters in 2024, but debate over regulations are ongoing.

Following earlier successful harbor wet-testing and shallow-water trials in the open sea, the Allseas-designed and constructed pilot nodule collector vehicle was deployed from the Hidden Gem and lowered to the seafloor at depths of 2,470 meters, marking the first time the vehicle has been subjected

Countries have debated for decades whether to allow mining on the ocean floor, a potential trove of critical minerals. Now, a Canadian startup says it will move ahead, whether or not rules are in place.

As the International Seabed Authority considers the future of deep-sea mining for battery metals, California and other states are seeking bans against mining.

Baffling new results show that rocklike mineral deposits in the deep sea can produce oxygen

As mining companies look to the seafloor for critical metals, environmentalists say California's Right to Repair law could help avert ecological harm.

The scramble for critical minerals is heating up under the sea, but lawmakers fear the United States could be left behind.

There are billions of tons of critical minerals on the ocean floor, but whether they should be mined has become a global controversy.

New regulations for drilling into the seabed could come any day now, following two years of infighting between an international regulatory body, drilling companies, and scientists.