America has lawful authority to proceed with deep-sea mining—and doing so would break China’s dominance in critical mineral ...

Even as the race to mine the ocean floor for important minerals intensifies, a UN-body tasked with establishing regulations ...

In December, one of America’s largest territorial expansions took place, with barely any public notice. The U.S. has claimed sovereignty over 1 million square kilometers — larger than Texas and ...

China is rapidly expanding its seabed mapping operations across the Indian Ocean, the Bering Sea, and other strategic waters, ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has begun talks with the Cook Islands for research on seabed mineral exploration and development, the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday. The Cook Islands ...

The arrangement could signal a fracture in the decades-long effort among nations to reach consensus on how to mine the ocean floor while protecting ecosystems. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey The United ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For the last three decades, the United Nations-affiliated body called the International Seabed Authority, or ISA, has been working ...

Only a small share of the world’s ocean floor has been mapped in useful detail, yet that missing knowledge can shape who ...

A growing number of countries are calling to halt mining on the ocean floor. The topic will take center stage at thi annual assembly of the International Seabed Authority, which governs seabed mining.