You may be hearing a lot lately about critical minerals and rare earth elements. These natural materials are essential to ...

CLIMATEWIRE | Even minor deep sea mining operations can have a major impact on marine biodiversity. A new study finds that ocean animals decline in mining zones — and they stay gone even up to a year ...

Drilling for minerals deep in the ocean could have immense consequences for the tiny animals at the core of the vast marine food web — and ultimately affect fisheries and the food we find on our ...

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY — Miles under the ocean’s surface, atop the soft sediment that makes up the seafloor, sit thousands of potato-sized spheres of metal. These spheres, called polymetallic nodules or ...

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Read full article: Breezy winds, mid-80s temps ahead of scattered storms in northeast Florida, drier day in southeast Georgia A front will bring scattered showers and storms to our area on Sunday and ...

Norway suspended its plans to open vast areas of its seabed for deep-sea mining on Sunday (December 1), reacting to pressure from environmental groups and political negotiations. The original proposal ...

To the editor: I am a marine ecologist who has focused on the “critters” living in and on soft sediments on continental shelves. I’ve studied the current state of knowledge of these ecosystems and ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — One of Earth's most biodiverse marine regions is threatened by the expansion of nickel mining projects in Indonesia, according to a new report. Satellite analysis and ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — One of Earth’s ...