While the Trump administration frames deep-sea mining as a ‘core national security and economic interest,’ dozens of ...
The survey will take place in an area of 30,000 square miles being considered for mining that is adjacent to the Rose Atoll ...
NOAA plans to scour more than 30,000 square nautical miles of waters off American Samoa to figure out the possibilities there ...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has announced a major hydrographic survey of federal waters off ...
Critics warn that opening up Arctic waters to mineral extraction could devastate large fisheries and sensitive habitats off ...
The Trump administration is accelerating the permitting timeline for deep-seabed mining applications. The National Oceanic ...
A cnidarian is attached to a dead sponge stalk on a manganese nodule in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. Diva Amon and Craig Smith, University of Hawaii at Mānoa Picture an ocean world so deep and dark it ...
On the regulatory front, NOAA announced revisions to the regulations for exploration licenses and commercial recovery permit applications under the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act (DSHMRA), a ...
It can be seen that over the two-thirds of the surface of the planet, there is less than 0.001% of the deep ocean seafloor, ...
Del. James Moylan stood before Congress early Friday morning Guam time, making one thing clear to deep-sea mining executives: the people of his island do not consent.
New research has found that deep-sea mining in international waters could threaten at least 30 species of sharks, rays and chimaeras — many of which are already at risk of extinction. Chondrichthyes, ...