While calls for a moratorium on deep sea mining have not yet gained global consensus, they continue to gain momentum, supported by compelling arguments from a diverse group of countries. Croatia has ...

After Trump pledged to open international waters to mining, The Metals Company sought U.S. permits. But other countries are ...

The International Seabed Authority (ISA) is wrapping up weeks of negotiations in Jamaica intended to determine whether and ...

The International Seabed Authority (ISA) again failed to adopt a set of regulations on global seabed mining at a recent ...

The International Seabed Authority Council has launched an inquiry into "non-compliance" by deep sea mining front-runner The ...

The three-week-long contentious meeting took place in Kingston, Jamaica, where the International Seabed Authority had been meeting to hammer out rules and environmental protections. It ended on ...

Protecting underwater ecosystems from the growing interest in rare mineral mining, framing deep-sea laws and building a biobank are among landmark achievements of the UN's International Seabed ...

The International Seabed Authority missed a deadline on July 9 to enact regulations to allow the mining of deep sea ecosystems for valuable metals used in electric-car batteries.

With a newly elected leader, the International Seabed Authority must decide the future of more than half of the world’s ocean floor. Courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research ...

He denies these claims. Carvalho, a Brazilian oceanographer and international diplomat, says it is time for “meaningful transformation” at the seabed authority.

A lawyer representing the International Seabed Authority provided these responses to questions via email. On the ISA’s autonomy “The ISA is not part of the United Nations but rather is an ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Members of the International Seabed Authority elected Leticia Carvalho of Brazil as the group's new secretary general Friday amid growing support for a preliminary halt ...