DSM Recent Stories
The rise of low-cost ROVs and community submersibles
As a community, we discuss mining, management, and monitoring, as well as the regulations that shape them, in terms of governments, major corporations, and...
Technology
FAU Receives Grant for Subsea Wireless Communications Technology
The U.S. National Science Foundation has provided a grant for $500,000 to Florida Atlantic University’s College of Engineering and Computer Science for development of...
"Today, cognitive undersea acoustics is a key wireless communication technology that can be used for a wide range of military, commercial, and scientific applications, including tactical surveillance, offshore exploration, monitoring of subsea machinery such as oil-rigs and pipelines, disaster prevention as well as the study of marine life," said Stella N. Batalama, Ph.D.
Policy Spotlight
ISA Returns to Kingston
The 24th Session of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) began Monday morning, March 5th with the opening of the Council. The Council will continue...
Industry Releases
The treasure hidden in our gadgets
Catherine Early | China Dialogue
Gold is the most valuable metal in a phone. One tonne of gold ore contains around 1-5 grams of pure...
Futuna rejects seabed exploration and mining
Radio New Zealand | 14 September 2018
The rejection of any further exploration of the seabed was expressed at a meeting in Futuna with French...
Mining waste set to grow, but ‘reduce, reuse, recycle’ solutions abound
Tracy Hancock | 7 September 2018
The evolution of waste management techniques to accommodate the shift to low-grade ores by mining operations is one of...
Negotiations start on a high seas treaty
Zhang Chun | September 5, 2018
The high seas cover two thirds of the ocean and are home to 90% of marine life, but this vast...
Marvels of the deep and their superpowers
Jonathan Amos | 4 September 2018
Maggie Georgieva is turning a jar of preservative around in her hands. "This is it," she says. "This is...
UN treaty would protect high seas from over exploitation
Matt McGrath | 4 September 2018
The first significant steps towards legally protecting the high seas are to take place at the UN in New...
The Race Is On to Mine the Deep Sea—But Scientists Are Wary
Jon Letman | 29 August 2018
Closer than the moon, yet less well-mapped than Mars, the Earth’s seafloor is home to otherworldly creatures befitting a...
[Indian] Cabinet approves Rs 1600 crore for Ocean programme
Kalyan Ray | 29 August 2018
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a Rs 1,600-crore programme to harness ocean resources and keep an eye on...
Environmentalists win appeal against seabed mining decision
Catherine Groenestein and Christina Persico | 28 August 2018
The South Taranaki Bight seabed mining decision was overturned because its method of environmental management was illegal,...
Seabed mining the next frontier as DeepGreen trawls Pacific for copper
Jana Marais | 24 August 2018
DeepGreen Metals, which plans to extract copper, cobalt, zinc and manganese from the seabed in the Pacific Ocean, says...
Beaked whales may frequent a seabed spot marked for mining
Carolyn Gramling | 21 August 2018
Whales may have made their mark on the seafloor in a part of the Pacific Ocean designated for future...
Hurry Up and Wait: Big Decisions on Seabed Mining Remain Unresolved
Todd Woody | 25 July 2018
It felt like Groundhog Day at the International Seabed Authority last week.
When delegates to the United Nations-chartered organization met...
Environment
Welcome to DSM Observer’s 2018 New Year Edition
Happy 2018 and welcome to our new year’s edition of the DSM Observer. As our readers return from holiday breaks and family gatherings, we...
Science Briefs
Advanced spatial planning models could promise new era of sustainable ocean...
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY | 5 March 2018
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Earth's vast oceans brim with potential for commercial activities ranging from tourism to shipping to...
"I think this is a particularly useful approach when we think of new and emerging uses," Sarah Lester said. "There's a trend toward new ocean industries -- whether it's aquaculture, alternative energy or deep sea mining -- that could make great use of this approach."
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