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Faʻasao Amerika Samoa and Conservation Council for Hawaiʻi, represented by the environmental law organization Earthjustice, have filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s attempt to ...

A Pacific island leader says there were "no consultations" before the U.S. announced swaths of nearby ocean could be auctioned for deep-sea mining exploration, telling AFP the industry faced strong ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The Trump administration is moving closer to opening up US waters for deep-sea mining ...

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Scientists discovered that extreme deep-sea pressure squeezes valuable nutrients out of sinking organic particles, providing an unexpected food source for ocean microbes. The finding could rewrite our ...

Sri Lanka’s strategic location in the Indian Ocean often pulls the country into the geopolitical rivalry between regional giants India and China. In 2023, for example, Sri Lanka’s granting of ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The finding reveals how much of the country’s deep‑ocean biodiversity ...

Marine biologist Alan Jamieson had given up on seeing a goblin shark in its underwater home. After all, they live thousands of feet underwater in total darkness and since being discovered over 100 ...

A Canadian deep-sea mining company may become the first to commercially mine the international seabed under a controversial U.S. executive order that bypasses United Nations regulations. A recent ...

An unusual ship, the Hidden Gem, set sail in late 2022 to test a daring idea: how to mine valuable minerals on the ocean floor. An unusual ship, the Hidden Gem, set sail in late 2022 to test a daring ...

A version of this story was originally published by the Pulitzer Center, which supported Elizabeth Claire Alberts as an Ocean Reporting Network fellow. We didn’t set out to investigate China’s ...