Diving Deep into Systems: Increasing Public Leverage in the Deep-sea Mining Conversation
Taking a systems approach to deep sea mining shows engaging the public is key to the sustainable development and governance of the industry.
For Nautilus Minerals, the debt comes due.
2018 was supposed to be the year for Nautilus Minerals. Their three seafloor production tools—large underwater robots capable of mining seafloor massive...
A year of discovery in the deep sea
2018 was a banner year for studies highlighting the importance of hydrothermal vents not just to the highly specialized communities that thrive...
Mapping the online conversation around Deep-sea Mining.
Social media offers a snapshot of the human networks surrounding a particular issue. It makes public the conversations and relationships that once...
From the Editor: An update on Solwara I and a call for article pitches.
This was a big month for deep-sea meetings, with workshops on risk management and high seas cable laying, as well as strong representation from...
Polymetallic Nodule and Sulphide Mining to Scale
To better help stakeholders visualize the scale of Polymetallic Nodule and Seafloor Massive Sulphide mining, we created this short info-graphic highlighting the size of...
Without “due regard”, mining may get snagged on submerged cables
Representatives from the International Seabed Authority, the deep-sea mining community, and the International Cable Protection Committee met last week in Bangkok for the Second Workshop...
Microplastics in The Deep Ocean
Rachel Pendergrass | 15 November 2018
Giant gyers of floating plastic have long been at the forefront of the public conversation around ocean pollution, but...
All in the same boat: negotiations for biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction begin
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...
From the Editor: Getting a handle on jargon
Deep-sea mining is plagued by inscrutable jargon that makes it very difficult to newcomers to engage meaningfully with the industry. One of the big...
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How to access a research paper.
Deep-sea mining, as both an industry and community of practice, is highly engaged in the scientific process. From plume flow models to...
A lost continent rich in cobalt crusts could create a challenging precedent for mineral...
The Rio Grande Rise is an almost completely unstudied,
geologically intriguing, ecologically mysterious, potential lost continent in
the deep south Atlantic. And it also...
Diving Deep into Systems: Increasing Public Leverage in the Deep-sea Mining Conversation
Taking a systems approach to deep sea mining shows engaging the public is key to the sustainable development and governance of the industry.
