Mining companies and the Trump administration want the metals to boost manufacturing. Environmentalists and some countries ...

Countries have debated for decades whether to allow mining on the ocean floor, a potential trove of critical minerals. Now, a ...

“The law of the sea basically colonized [Pacific peoples’] ocean,” said Frank Murphy, a resident of French Polynesia who ...

While New Delhi shares strategic concerns with the rest of the Quad, its Indo-Pacific approach is primarily a means to ...

Countries have debated for decades whether to allow mining on the ocean floor, a potential trove of critical minerals. Now, ...

Panamanian authorities seized six longliner vessels on Jan. 20 for fishing illegally in protected waters. They also opened an ...

Swiss nationals are spread all over the world. Only five countries currently have no Swiss Abroad - at least officially.

Uncertainty over President Trump’s plans for more tariffs punctuated a week that saw trans-Pacific container rates fall more ...

Yet despite this cultural tie to the ocean, some Pacific countries like Nauru and the Cook Islands are at the forefront of exploring the potential of deep-sea mining. “The greatest risk we face ...

NPL and MSL in New Zealand successfully detected a multitude of earthquakes in the Pacific Ocean using a pioneering detection ...

One of NOAA’s most critical roles is to observe the oceans, which are currently undergoing a period of rapid and largely ...