Invisible clouds of sediment created by underwater mining spread for miles, putting ocean floor ecosystems at risk.

The Trump administration, with the support of many congressional Republicans, is looking to boost deep-sea mining as a way to ...

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 ...

Among the investors are some of the world's largest financial institutions-- including Deutsche Bank, UBS, Credit Suisse, Credit Agricole and BNP Paribas-- according to DW's analysis of company ...

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Along the industry-laden Gulf Coast, a new type of extractive industry is taking shape. Two deep-sea mining companies recently applied for US permits to mine minerals from the seabed, both in US ...

Mining the seafloor for valuable metals could send dangerous ripples through ocean food webs. Tiny floating plankton, the base of the food web, can accidentally ingest particles of sediment kicked up ...

The deep sea, the planet’s most expansive and least understood ecosystem, remains largely unexplored. Yet while the deep sea may seem a dark and distant space, events underwater directly impact our ...

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Deep-sea mining is the extraction of minerals from the seabed in the deep ocean. Most of the interest is in what are known as polymetallic nodules, which are potato-sized mineral deposits that have ...