Entrepreneurs are racing to secure seabed mining permits. Then comes the hard part.

As pressure mounts to exploit the ocean floor, a new report warns that deep-sea mining is technologically unproven, economically impractical, and likely to cause extensive environmental damage.

US agency releases plan to lease millions of hectares of seabed off the coast of the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam

A legal environmental group is suing the U.S. government after the Trump administration announced plans to auction off sections of water around American Samoa for potential deep-sea mining.

Global warming is the main driver of this year’s marine heat waves, with knock-on effects for ecosystems and extreme weather.

As commercial deep-sea mining is increasingly being considered in parts of the Pacific, the Bishops of the Pacific region call for prudence, insisting ...

Media Release Governments concluded three weeks of negotiations at the International Seabed Authority (ISA) with the only substantive decision being to expand the rights of mining contractors, highlig...

The Council of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) has just concluded another session in Kingston. This session of the UN-affiliated body responsible for regulating deep-sea mining in internation...

As the US snubs international law, experts say Canada has a duty to step in. A Tyee special report.

A new legal analysis commissioned by NGOs Seas At Risk and ClientEarth warns that minerals from deep-sea mining could reach the EU market within the coming years unless action is taken. The study find...

This is part 2 of a two-part series examining the U.S.’s efforts to begin deep-sea mining in federal waters. Part 2 examines the regulations that would govern the industry. Part 1 explored the process...

Why do we need deep-sea mining? Given the potential consequences for the health and biodiversity of the ocean, that seems a vital question to answer before any commercial mining starts. The question i...

Since President Donald Trump signed an executive order to create a deep-sea mining industry, businesses have raised millions from investors, and stock prices have soared.

YouTube video by Deep Sea Conservation Coalition

The deep sea contains a wealth of mineral resources which have been explored for potential commercial use since the 1970s. As demand and technology make the mining of the seafloor a real possibility, ...

In a special report for Oceanographic, investigative journalist Luke McMillan takes a deep plunge into the murky depths of deep sea mining.

The European Parliament today adopted, with a strong majority, a resolution on international ocean diplomacy that presses for the European Union (EU) and its 27 Member States to respond to unlawful de...

As demand for critical minerals accelerates, attention is turning to ever more remote and fragile environments – including the deep sea. But deep-sea mining (DSM) comes with significant environmental,...

India does not plan to go ahead with auctioning deep-sea mining rights due to a lack of technological preparedness and expectations of a weak response from pote

Twenty-four new species of crustaceans have been discovered as part of a project to name 1,000 deep-sea animals by 2030

China’s oceanographic fleet — the largest in the world — may serve strategic, military-use purposes.

Introduction ‘Brussels should move quickly to agree on an international rule book on the extraction of critical minerals in international waters.’ These words, addressed in February 2026 to European d...

Two weeks of International Seabed Authority (ISA) Council negotiations have concluded with no mining approved and no Mining Code adopted. Unresolved issues ranged from environmental safeguards and lia...

British Columbia Securities Commission asked a Vancouver company to take down promotional materials and review others for balance. Read on

This global research - the first of its kind - shows that we can power an ambitious energy transition without sacrificing crucial ecosystems - whether on land or at sea.

YouTube video by Elements of Deep Sea Mining

When you think of the deep ocean, what comes to mind?   Silence. Darkness. A wonderous realm containing millions of years of evolutionary history.  Some are rushing to bring industrial-scale mining in...

Trans-Tasman Resources has withdrawn its Fast Track application to mine the seabed off Taranaki. Read the evidence of the experts who submitted for Greenpeace on how seabed mining would impact marine ...

Warning comes after the head of the International Seabed Authority lobbied officials in Brussels