Alternatively, it might have been awaiting repairs after sustaining damage during the Battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942, according to the NOAA report. Other Items Which Have Been Discovered - This ...

Any country can allow deep-sea mining in its own territorial waters, roughly up to 200 nautical miles from shore, and companies are already lining up to mine US waters. Listen to Story At the heart of ...

Environmental groups are decrying an executive order signed by President Donald Trump to expedite deep-sea mining for minerals, saying it could irreparably harm marine ecosystems and ignores an ...

"The United States government has no right to unilaterally allow an industry to destroy the common heritage of humankind and rip up the deep sea for the profit of a few corporations," said Arlo ...

A cnidarian is attached to a dead sponge stalk on a manganese nodule in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. Diva Amon and Craig Smith, University of Hawaii at Mānoa ...

Washington (AFP) – US President Donald Trump has defied international norms on the nascent field of deep-sea mining, signing an executive order expanding the practice for rare earth minerals in ...

U.S. President Donald Trump has signed a sweeping executive order to jump-start the controversial practice of deep-sea mining, seeking to offset China's dominant position in critical mineral ...

"The United States has a core national security and economic interest in maintaining leadership in deep sea science and technology and seabed mineral resources," Trump said in the executive order ...

Trump’s plan breaks international law because it will apply to areas of the sea floor that “do not belong to any country,” China Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said on Friday at a daily press ...

Deep-sea mining is seen by the administration as another avenue for extracting rare-earth elements such as manganese, cobalt, nickel and copper, helping wean the U.S. off foreign suppliers and ...