This story was produced by Grist and co-published with Honolulu Civil Beat. Solomon Kahoʻohalahala steadied himself on the double-hulled voyaging canoe called Hōkūleʻa as a 15-foot swell rose and the vessel took off under the midday sun. He had been paddling since dawn along the south shore of Molokaʻi, and his arms were tired. As … Continue reading Digging For Minerals In The Pacific’s Graveyard: The $20 Trillion Fight Over Who Controls The Seabed