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...
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...
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,...
Can India mine deep-sea resources without disturbing the Indian Ocean seabed ecosystem?
JENCY SAMUEL on MONGABAY | 9 February 2018
Mining of polymetallic nodules present in the seabed in the Central Indian Ocean Basin can help...
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...
Mongabay: 2017’s top 10 ocean news stories
Commentary by DOUGLAS MCCAULEY and PAUL DESALLES on MONGABAY | 27 December 2017
1. U.S. drops out of Paris
In Mongabay's 2015 ocean top 10 list,...
New BBC Segment Spotlights PNG Deep Sea Mining
BBC News science editor David Shukman reports on the developing Nautilus Minerals deep sea mining project Solwara One, in Papua New Guinea's Bismark Sea.
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Unless we regain our historic awe of the deep ocean, it will be plundered
Laurence Publicover, University of Bristol and Katharine Hendry, University of Bristol
In the memorable second instalment of Blue Planet II, we are offered glimpses of...
New Book on Deep Sea Mining
A new book from Springer offers one of the most comprehensive looks at deep sea mining to date. Edited by Dr. Rahul Sharma of...
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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...
