An abrupt announcement has rattled members of a little-known U.N. agency based in Jamaica that has protected deep ...

Countries have debated for decades whether to allow mining on the ocean floor, a potential trove of critical minerals. Now, ...

Countries have debated for decades whether to allow mining on the ocean floor, a potential trove of critical minerals. Now, a ...

Scientists said they have seen the first signs of life returning to deep sea mining tracks carved into the abyssal seabed ...

The International Seabed Authority (ISA) has worked for more than a decade to draw up regulations for a future deep-sea mining industry. Negotiators say the process could take years more to complete.