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...
Global Sea Mineral Resources unveils the Patania II nodule collector
This week, Global Sea Mineral Resources unveiled Patania II, a pre-prototype polymetallic nodule collector built to work in the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone. Patania II...
DeepGreen’s vision for the next generation of deep-sea mining
“This is an electric vehicle battery,” Gerard Barron exclaims as he holds a fist-size nodule, dark and lumpy, up to the screen. For Barron,...
A glossary of Neptunes and Nautili in Deep-sea Mining
If you were to ask a new stakeholder to name the most frustrating aspect of trying to understand the current state of deep-sea mining,...
From the Editor: A submarine for every explorer!
I like to keep an eye out for classic books from the early days of ocean technology, both factual and fiction. From Monturiol’s Dream...
Deep-sea Biology Symposium: Mining Digest
The Deep-sea Biology Symposium convened last week for its triennial meeting. Over the course of 5 days, participants shared the latest discoveries in deep-sea...
Deep Ocean Stewardship Initiative gathers ahead of the Deep-sea Biology Symposium to plan for...
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...
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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...
