Ocean governance is entering a decisive moment as governments weigh whether to allow deep sea mining in international waters or impose a global moratorium while science and regulations catch up. The ...

Draft law allows foreign, domestic firms to exploit gold, diamonds, rare earths New law is latest in package of US-backed changes following removal of President Maduro At least one opposition party ...

U.S. Central Command said American forces have sunk several Iranian ships, including 16 minelaying vessels. U.S. President Donald Trump warned of “military consequences … at a level never seen before” ...

More than 10,000 feet deep in the ocean, the seafloor is covered with what look like dark, lumpy potatoes. These polymetallic nodules, as they're known, take millions of years to form, slowly ...