Deep-sea mining may irreparably harm ocean ecosystems before we even have a chance to fully study its impacts. That's one reason the Center has taken a lead role against deep-sea mining. We're ...

Yet, even as they struggle to manage unprecedented pressures from over-exploitation, rapidly warming waters, pollution and acidification, deep-sea mining looms as a potentially catastrophic threat ...

The imminent presidency of Donald Trump looks set to boost the fortunes of deep-sea-mining as support for harvesting the world’s ocean floors for critical minerals grows, both in Congress and ...