As a community, we discuss mining, management, and monitoring, as well as the regulations that shape them, in terms of governments, major corporations, and research institutions. The deep-sea mining community is small and the complexities of working at abyssal depths engenders collaboration, cooperation, and, in the case of exploitation, compromise. While there are many stakeholders […]
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Tracy Hancock | 7 September 2018 The evolution of waste management techniques to accommodate the shift to low-grade ores by mining operations is one of the key emerging trends in the global mining waste management market, states UK market research company Technavio. The London-headquartered company explains that, in the last decade, the evolution of mining […]
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Zhang Chun | September 5, 2018 The high seas cover two thirds of the ocean and are home to 90% of marine life, but this vast expanse of water and seabed that lies beyond the national jurisdiction of any one country has no comprehensive protection. In an effort to fix this, countries are meeting at the United Nations […]
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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 7, 2018 /CNW/ – DeepGreen is proud to contribute to the health of our oceans by being a part of The Ocean Cleanup (TOC) project to remove plastics from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, in the central Pacific, over the next five years. DeepGreen, along with the global shipping company Maersk, is contributing to […]
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APPLY NOW ORGANISATIONAL SETTING & REPORTING This position is with the Office of Environmental Monitoring and Mineral Resources (OEMMR) of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) located in Kingston, Jamaica reporting to the Programme Manager (Marine Environment) and under the overall supervision of the Director of OEMMR. A key challenge for ISA is to adopt a […]
Read More APPLY NOW ORGANISATIONAL SETTING & REPORTING This position is with the Office of Environmental Monitoring and Mineral Resources (OEMMR) of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) located in Kingston, Jamaica reporting to the Director of OEMMR and under the overall supervision of the Secretary-General. A key challenge for ISA is to adopt a policy and regulatory […]
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Jonathan Amos | 4 September 2018 Maggie Georgieva is turning a jar of preservative around in her hands. “This is it,” she says. “This is ‘The Hoff’ – the famous yeti crab with a hairy chest,” referring to the object suspended in alcohol. Most of us would be hard pressed to name a recently discovered […]
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Matt McGrath | 4 September 2018 The first significant steps towards legally protecting the high seas are to take place at the UN in New York. These waters, defined as the open ocean far from coastlines, are threatened by deep-sea mining, over-fishing and the patenting of marine genetic resources. Over the next two years, government […]
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Jon Letman | 29 August 2018 Closer than the moon, yet less well-mapped than Mars, the Earth’s seafloor is home to otherworldly creatures befitting a science fiction movie. Their remote habitat has caught the attention of humans, who are lining up to begin mining the bottom of the deep blue sea. As technology and infrastructure […]
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Kalyan Ray | 29 August 2018 The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a Rs 1,600-crore programme to harness ocean resources and keep an eye on coastal pollution. Under the Rs 1,623 crore Ocean Services, Technology, Observations, Resources Modelling and Science (O-SMART) programmme the Ministry of Earth Sciences would undertake 16 projects in the next two […]
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