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All in the same boat: negotiations for biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction...
Harriet Harden-Davies | 15 November 2018
“This is a chance to take a course correction while we still can…if we pull together, we can make...
Technology
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...
Policy Spotlight
Deep Ocean Stewardship Initiative gathers ahead of the Deep-sea Biology Symposium...
The Deep-Ocean Stewardship Initiative is a collective of mostly marine scientists whose goal is to use science, technology, policy, law and economics to advise...
Industry Releases
Chinese vessel collects cobalt samples in the Pacific.
Reuters | 11 November 2018
A Chinese deep-sea exploration vessel has returned to port in Guangdong after collecting samples of so-called cobalt-bearing crusts during a...
Mining the deep ocean will soon begin.
The Economist | 8 November 2018
Diva Amon, a researcher at the Natural History Museum in London, spotted her first whale skull in 2013, during...
A circular economy could save China five trillion dollars
chinadialogue | 30 October 2018
China could see big improvements in air quality, a reduction in carbon emissions and huge savings for business and households...
PNG earthquakes raise concerns over seabed mining project
Radio New Zealand | 15 October 2018
On Thursday last week, a magnitude 7.0 quake struck off the south coast of New Britain island, the second...
Deep sea robots reveal mineral riches in the abyss
Matthew Stock | 20 September 2018
BERGEN, Norway (Reuters) - From the safety of their research vessel, scientists are exploring one of Earth’s last frontiers...
Oman plans to boost fisheries, mining, logistics jobs
Times News Service | 2 October 2018
Muscat: Oman aims to create jobs in the logistics, fisheries, mining, and energy sectors through a 32-country conference that...
New Battery Soaks Up Carbon Dioxide
Prachi Patel | 4 October 2018
Researchers at MIT have made a new lithium-based battery that runs on carbon dioxide taken directly from a power plant. Their...
DeepGreen research ship reports early positive findings of deep ocean metals
International Mining | 2 June 2018
The first of five ocean campaigns, co-sponsored with Maersk, bodes well for environmentally sustainable and economic recovery of metals....
DEME unveils innovative nodule collector pre-prototype ‘Patania II’
PortNews | 18 September 2018
Global Sea Mineral Resources (GSR), DEME’s subsidiary specialised in deep sea harvesting, has unveiled the nodule collector ‘Patania II’. The...
Discovery of vibrant deep-sea life prompts new worries over seabed mining
Amy Maxmen | 21 September 2018
Deep in the eastern central Pacific Ocean, on a stretch of sea floor nearly as big as the continental...
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...
Environment
All in the same boat: negotiations for biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction...
Harriet Harden-Davies | 15 November 2018
“This is a chance to take a course correction while we still can…if we pull together, we can make...
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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