The field of applied Earth sciences is witnessing rapidly intensifying interactions among climate change, environmental processes, and mining activities.

Facing the brunt of the mineral rush, Tribal Nations sue the federal government. In August 2024, the Hualapai Tribe could finally breathe a sigh of relief. After a five-year fight, a US District Court ...

Deep sea mining for rare earth elements and other critical minerals could start as early as 2026, even as 38 countries have called for a moratorium on it. The metals that companies are targeting are ...

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 ...

Tanzania canceled 40 mining exploration licenses and put another 43 license holders on notice in a crackdown linked to the ...

A recent executive order would accelerate mining in little-understood undersea ecosystems. By Rebecca Dzombak Max Bearak and Harry Stevens Life at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean is slow, dark and ...

Indigenous advocates who have been fighting for their rights to be acknowledged in global regulations for seabed mining are bracing for the outcome of this week’s gathering of the International Seabed ...

Deep-sea mining promises critical minerals for the energy transition without the problems of mining on land. It also promises to bring wealth to developing nations. But the evidence suggests these ...

Indonesia’s parliament is rapidly advancing changes to its mining law, allowing universities and religious organizations to acquire mining permits without bidding, raising concerns over environmental ...

A law requiring mining companies to rehabilitate the environment after their operations shut down is being almost completely ignored, and the state has failed to step in. At the edge of an abyss ...