Deep-sea mining and the future: Students share their experience as first-time observers at the...
Being
deep-sea scientists is all about wandering into the unknown, strongly driven by
our research motivations. Some people say that life is all about...
New Observer Status Draft Requirements Spark Heated Debate at the ISA
Throughout the week-long Council Meeting of the 25th Session of the International Seabed Authority, one issue continuously bubbled up in the breezeways,...
A big-hearted iron snail is the first deep-sea species to be declared endangered due...
In 2001, on an expedition to hydrothermal vent fields in the Indian Ocean, researchers made a bizarre discovery. Clustered in small aggregations...
From the Editor: US Mineral Policy and an atomic legacy.
Last year, for a completely unrelated project, I conducted a census of how many nuclear weapons had been lost at sea. Since...
Imagining Worst Case Scenarios: The legacy of nuclear weapons lost at sea.
What would you do if you found a
nuclear weapon while preparing for, carrying out, or after conducting mining
operations at sea? Would you...
26 years after experimental mining, a seabed ecosystem has yet to recover
In 1989, the largest attempt to model the impacts of a deep-sea mining operation was conducted across 1100 hectares of seafloor in...
DeepGreen raises $150 million as it advances towards production
DeepGreen Metals has secured $150 million in funding through a partnership with Allseas Group to launch the mining company’s first large-scale feasibility...
From the Editor: Setting standards, breaking records, and a haunted deep-sea mine?
Last week, delegates met in Pretoria, South Africa to continue developing standards and guidelines for the mining code and discuss how to...
Diamond mining moves offshore and into the deep.
Of the coast of Namibia, in barely 200 meters of water, an entirely different kind of deep-sea mining is taking shape. The...
Privately funded human-occupied vehicle returns from Challenger Deep
For only the third time in history, a human-occupied vehicle made the 11-kilometer journey into Challenger Deep, the deepest point in the...
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From the Editor: Big moves at the second part of the 25th Session of...
Last week saw the conclusion of the 25th Session of the International Seabed Authority. Though much progress was made, significant work still...
India launches ambitious new deep ocean research agenda
Of all the world’s oceans, the Indian Ocean is among the
least explored. This is especially true in the deep Indian Ocean, which...
Deep-sea mining and the future: Students share their experience as first-time observers at the...
Being
deep-sea scientists is all about wandering into the unknown, strongly driven by
our research motivations. Some people say that life is all about...
