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...
High Stakes on the High Seas
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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...
