Nations tussle over contentious rules on mining the seabed for critical minerals. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

At the UN Ocean Conference in Nice, Secretary-General Guterres cautioned against turning the deep oceans into a "wild west," ...

The high seas treaty could become law by the end of the year, affording protection to marine life in the vast swaths of ocean ...

World leaders on Monday called for global rules to govern the seabed and warned against racing to exploit the ocean floor in ...

A global summit on the dire state of the oceans kicks off Monday in France, with calls to ban bottom trawling and bolster ...

The United Nations has sounded the alarm over an oceans "emergency", and leaders gathering in Nice will be called to commit ...

A global summit on the dire state of the oceans opened Monday in France, with demands to ban bottom trawling and expand marine protections. The UN Ocean Conference in Nice seeks concrete plans and ...

France is hosting world leaders this week to confront what the United Nations calls a global "emergency" in the oceans.

Ocean Conference opens Monday as pressure mounts for nations to turn decades of promises into real protection for the sea. The summit comes as just 2.7% of the ocean is effectively protected from ...

NICE: The third U.N. Ocean Conference opens Monday as pressure mounts for nations to turn decades of promises into real ...