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As scientists explore how life in the abyss could generate new medicines, is deep-sea mining threatening to wipe it out?

The Guardian 29th September 2021. Article from The Guardian series: Seascape: the state of our oceans   As scientists explore how life in the abyss could generate new medicines, is deep-sea mining threatening to wipe it out? by Helen Scales, The Guardian, 29th September 2021.   It has been 30 years since the last new […]

Is Deep Sea Mining required to make the electric vehicle revolution possible?

The Guardian 28th September 2021. Article from The Guardian series: Seascape: the state of our oceans   ‘False choice’: is deep-sea mining required for an electric vehicle revolution? by Karen McVeigh, The Guardian, 28th September 2021.   At the Goodwood festival of speed near Chichester, the crowds gathered at the hill-climb circuit to watch the […]

The Pacific island of Nauru commences the process to obtain a deep ocean mining licence

The Guardian 27th September 2021. Article from The Guardian series: Seascape: the state of our oceans   Race to the bottom: the disastrous blindfolded rush to mine the deep sea by Jonathan Watts, Guardian Global Environment Editor.   A short bureaucratic note from a brutally degraded microstate in the South Pacific to a little-known institution […]

What Are The Dangers Of Deep Sea Mining

Deep in the ocean lie what some say are crucial resources for expanding the world’s renewable energy. The discovery of mineral riches in the deep-sea has sparked a mining mania, but also concern about environmental impact. Mining companies are hoping to gather metals and minerals called polymetallic nodules which contain manganese and cobalt, elements that […]

Mining the Deep Ocean : Does catastrophe lie ahead?

We provide here the full text of a Marinet Briefing Paper bearing this title, published March 2019, which examines the active proposals to start exploring the deep ocean seabed for minerals under licences issued by the United Nations’ International Seabed Authority. These exploration licences, to be issued for a range of deep ocean sites from […]