The Chikyu, pictured here in 2013, will drill around the remote island of Minami Torishima
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Japan will from January attempt to extract rare earth minerals from the ocean floor in the deepest trial of its kind, the director of a govern…
Huge tracts of Pacific Ocean seabed are carpeted in polymetallic nodules, bulbous lumps of rock that are rich in metals used in battery production
The Metals Company is pushing to be the first to mine these nodules in international waters
Deep-sea mining could impact marine life stretching from the tiniest bottom dwellers to apex predators like swordfish and sharks, a major piec…
UN Ocean Conference: A turning point for the world’s oceans?
A global oceans summit wrapped up Friday with world leaders taking major steps toward marine protection and vowing a showdown when nations mee…
France hosted world leaders scientists, business leaders and marine conservationists for a global oceans summit
A summit on the state of global oceans concludes Friday with nations having tested the waters on deep-sea mining and making strides towards pr…
'I dream of the day when it will be announced that there is no longer any need for climate or ocean summits,' say Moetai Brotherson