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...
What’s next for deep-sea mining in 2019?
1. Outcomes from the LTC. In the next few weeks, the Legal and Technical Committee will release their draft regulations for mining...
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...
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,...
Latest articles
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...
