The Trump administration will offer the first-ever offshore mining leases for deep-sea mining off the coast of American Samoa ...

Protected areas have been set up to shield deep-sea life from the impacts of seabed mining in the Pacific Ocean. However, new ...

During Oct. 2026, the research vessel SONNE set sail from San Diego into the Pacific Ocean for expedition SO322. Its ...

The International Seabed Authority (ISA), a U.N.-associated body, has long managed activities related to deep-sea mining in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Environmental systems scientist at the University of Delaware. As with other polarized issues such as nuclear energy, there has ...

The deep sea plays a critical role in the planet’s ecosystems. The Trump administration ignores that to boost a speculative ...

In a recent paper published in Scientific Reports, researchers from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) warn that some ...

The Wild West is alive and well — it just moved underwater. As nations and companies race to stake their claim in the deep sea, industry is moving faster than regulation can keep up. This year, the ...

The rush to mine the deep ocean is no longer a distant possibility. It’s here, thanks to global demand for minerals like cobalt and nickel rising, meaning governments and corporations are eyeing the ...

Undersea experts question the viability of deep-sea mining for critical minerals, fearing the only winners will be early investors and the companies selling the machinery.

Deep sea mining has been off limits thus far, both because it's awfully hard, and because governments haven't yet firmed up regulations around extracting minerals offshore. That might soon change, as ...

Deep-sea mining poses significant risks for a vital, hidden part of the ocean. That's the message from a new University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa study, the first to truly look at the impact of mining waste ...