Tag: deep-sea mining

El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico, the only tropical rainforest in the U.S. National Forest System (iStock image)

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Conservation’s hot topics of 2026: From artificial intelligence to mirror molecules

January 2, 2026

Tropical forests, plastic waste and a darker ocean also appear on the annual ‘horizon scan’ of conservation priorities.

Mushroom soft coral on the Davidson Seamount at 1,470 meters depth (NOAA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

Commentary

Deep-sea issues are surfacing this World Ocean Day

June 8, 2025

We need to protect the ocean twilight zone, a deep-sea engine that regulates our climate.

A cnidarian is attached to a dead sponge stalk on a manganese nodule in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. (Diva Amon and Craig Smith, University of Hawaii at Mānoa)

Commentary

Deep-sea mining threatens sea life in a way no one is thinking about

May 15, 2025

President Trump’s order to speed up permitting for deep-sea mining could clear the way for operations soon.

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