Some countries hope to start mining the ocean's floor for valuable critical mineral resources. But this may pose serious risks for marine life and the planet. See more

Deep-sea mining aims to retrieve valuable mineral deposits found on the ocean’s floor, hundreds … See more

While exploratory mining to test equipment has occurred at a small scale, deep-sea mining has not yet been undertaken commercially. But some national governmen… See more

Proponents of deep-sea mining argue that it can help meet the world’s pressing need for critical minerals, which will likely only continue to grow as countries scale their decarboniz… See more

While the deep sea was once thought to be devoid of life — too dark, cold and starved of food for anything to survive — we now know that it is the largest habitable space on the plan… See more