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Among the dozens of endangered species, is a spiky snail named after The Clash lead singer, Joe Strummer.
Which species are becoming endangered and which are recovering, according to the IUCN World Conservation Congress?
Contracts for exploring the deep sea are due to expire before a safe mining code can be agreed.
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As few as 100 companies produced 60% of revenues in eight ocean industries in 2018.
Mining is not just a physical engineering process. It requires social engineering as well.
International law does not meaningfully address biodiversity conservation in the high seas. We risk losing marine species before we have a chance to identify and understand them.
The Great Acceleration inaugurated the Anthropocene in the 1950s. Now, a similar race for resources and space is happening in the ocean.
Companies are developing technologies to mine the deep sea, but environmental regulations have yet to be finalized.
When Julia Sigwart went looking for the scaly-foot snail – or Sea Pangolin – in the deep ocean, they were hard to find. Now they are seen as endangered from the prospect of deep sea mining.
Deep sea mining could supply valuable rare minerals to green technology, but one project in the south-west Pacific is invoking the wrath of local spirits.
It seems almost inevitable that deep sea mining will open a new and substantial chapter of humanity’s relationship with the oceans.
Scientists investigating an underwater mountain have found lots of tellurium, a mineral used in some solar panels.
Mining the deep oceans for minerals may soon become a reality, but the risks involved are many. So who is able to regulate this emerging industry?
The deep sea is the largest habitat on earth and incredibly important to humans, but it faces many threats – from increased human exploitation to the effects of climate change. As this exploitation expands…
Defence behemoth Lockheed Martin’s recent announcement of a venture into deep sea mining (DSM) reflects growing interest in exploiting virgin mining territory. In what is being described by some as a “deep…
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