UN body that regulates ocean floor prepares for election amid debate over deep-sea mining

A U.N. body that regulates deep international waters is preparing to elect its next leader, a crucial position as it faces pressure to either ban, approve or place a moratorium on seabed mining.

FILE - People gather on Wickie Wackie Beach in Kingston, Jamaica , Oct. 2, 2016. Deliberations over how and if to allow deep sea mining unfolded Monday, July 15, 2024, as the U.N. International Seabed Authority, based in Jamaica , resumed talks over a proposed mining code after the last meeting in March 2024. — A U.N.

Mining exploration has been ongoing in the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone, which covers 1.7 million square miles between Hawaii and Mexico. It is occurring at depths ranging from 13,000 to 19,000 feet . that minerals in the deep sea take millions of years to form, and that mining them could unleash noise, light and suffocating dust storms.

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