If you liked this story, share it with other people. The government of Papua New Guinea appears poised to approve Solwara 1, a long-in-development deep-sea mining project in the country’s waters.

Marine life in the deep ocean can take decades to recover from the impact of deep-sea mining for rare metals, new research shows. A study published in the journal Nature found that the site of a ...

Zooplankton's exposure to junk food sediment has the potential to disrupt the entire food web." Measuring the Nutritional Impact of Deep-Sea Mining The research, titled "Deep-sea mining discharge can ...

A new report reveals the results of a study exploring biodiversity in a region targeted for seabed mining—capturing baseline data, tracking natural changes and assessing the impacts of a polymetallic ...