US stakes competing claims to Pacific seabed mining areas, challenging UN authority

Mongabay
Nov 10, 2026, 2:22 pm72 ptsTrending
A recent Mongabay investigation by Elizabeth Claire Alberts and Andrés Alegría reveals that the Clarion-Clipperton Zone of the Pacific Ocean, a swath of deep sea regulated by the International Seabed Authority, has received a surge of claim applications filed with the United States for mineral exploration and…

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