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In 1979, a Deep-Sea Mining Test Scarred the Deep Pacific Seafloor—44 Years Later, Signs of Damage Refuse to Disappear

In March 1979, a 9-meter-wide prototype mining machine rolled across the Clarion–Clipperton Zone (CCZ) of the eastern Pacific Ocean—an area now central to the global push for deep-sea mining. Its ...
NPR

The world has no rulebook for deep-sea mining. One company is pushing forward anyway

In the global race for critical minerals, one little-known international agency has long held the keys to a potential motherlode — vast quantities of metals located on the remote seafloor. The ...
Smithsonian Magazine

As Interest in Deep-Sea Mining Grows, Scientists Raise Alarms About the Possible Ecological Consequences

Gathering minerals such as nickel, cobalt, manganese and lithium from the seabed could affect everything from sponges to whales. The long-term effects of these extractions remain uncertain Amber X.