Deep-sea mining could impact tuna fisheries
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Deep-sea mining could interfere with migration of tuna that is expected to be driven by climate change to areas of the Pacific Ocean currently slated for mining activity, a study released on Tuesday showed. The Nature Sustainability journal study, which centred on three species of tuna, found climate change would likely change […]
The Metals Company Announces Extensive Deep-Sea Environmental Data Submission to the International Seabed Authority
2023-03-28 06:20:30 TMC’s subsidiary NORI submits data collected during two benthic baseline campaigns on the NORI-D area, adding more than 270,000 benthic biological occurrences to the International Seabed Authority’s ‘DeepData’ catalogue of contractor exploration data. This submission is part of a broader dataset of hundreds of terabytes of data collected by leading independent scientists and […]
Deep-sea mining operations would impact ecosystems beyond those in targeted areas
2023-02-21 The chemical-rich waters that sustain life also make these environments an attractive target for deep-sea mining. When the chemicals that come out of the earth’s crust meet the cold seawater, they precipitate and create chimney-like deposits on the seabed, called seafloor massive sulphides. “These chimneys contain a high quality and quantity of gold, silver, […]
Pacific Islands remain divided on deep-sea mining as trial begins to extract precious metals from ocean floor
2022-09-16 Electric robots will soon be crawling along the sea floor and sucking up precious metals through a giant straw in a controversial trial to mine some of the ocean’s deepest, most pristine environments. Key points: Mining companies want to dig into the ocean floor to collect metals that can be used in the production of […]
When deep-sea research meets mining interests
2021-10-04 04:00:34 The high cost of studying deep-sea ecosystems means that many scientists have to rely on funding and access provided by companies seeking to exploit resources on the ocean floor. More than half of the scientists in the small, highly specialized deep-sea biology community have worked with governments and mining companies to do baseline […]