By Losirene Dasalusalu, Cook Islands News A Cook Islands environmental non-government organisation says that visuals being ...

New Zealand’s defense minister warned in an interview that small countries in the South Pacific face growing pressure from ...

At the end of September, a top-class consortium of industry and research partners gathered at the headquarters of BAUER ...

New research has found that deep-sea mining in international waters could threaten at least 30 species of sharks, rays and ...

The Nautilus expedition comes just six months after President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order to expedite deep sea ...

RAROTONGA, Wednesday 22 October 2025 — Cook Islanders holding a banner reading "Don't Mine the Moana" have confronted an exploration vessel as it returned to Rarotonga port today, protesting the ...

Deep sea mining has disastrous consequences for marine life, many of which are still unknown to oceanographers.

Avarua, Rarotonga, Holding a banner reading "Don't Mine the Moana" Cook Islands activists confronted an exploration vessel as it returned to ...

A remarkable yellow worm, Paralvinella hessleri, thrives near boiling, toxic hydrothermal vents in the Pacific. This deep-sea ...

China needs to have better technology and a bigger say in the international maritime order if it is to win the global deep-sea mining race for critical minerals, according to a senior official from ...

The auction of 13 blocks, which have cobalt, copper, manganese, and nickel reserves, has been put off at least four times.

Deep sea mining promises critical minerals for the green transition—but uncertain laws, fragile ecosystems, and ESG risks ...