By Mark Hillsdon Among marine ecosystems, the capacity of mangroves, seagrass meadows and kelp forests to store carbon is ...
Unfortunately, deep-sea ecosystems are under threat from seabed mining for minerals. Polymetallic nodules are considered ...
Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Jim Vinoski is an industry executive who covers manufacturing. Concept image of The Metals Company's subsea collector harvesting ...
A discussion of deep-sea mining of critical minerals on the ocean floor, the importance of critical minerals for the clean ...
There is widespread concern in the scientific community that a proposed new extractive industry -- deep seabed mining (DSM) -- would have an irreversible impact on delicately balanced deep ocean ...
The Amsterdam District Court largely rejected a request by the deep sea mining company to issue an injunction, stating that it is "understandable" that Greenpeace International has resorted to ...
In addition to harvesting rocks (more formally called "polymetallic nodules") lying on the seabed, other deep-sea mining methods are more invasive, and involve digging down. The World Wide Fund ...
OPPOSITION legislators on Friday tackled the Government on its arrangement with Blue Minerals Jamaica Limited, a company ...
Scientists chose to study a jellyfish species that is 'representative' of many creatures that live in deep water An experiment to test how seabed mining could affect deep sea life has revealed ...
China has answered this attempt to bypass their REE monopoly by investing heavily in deep-sea mining and once again is set to take the lead in the competition for resources. This rush for seabed ...
A growing controversy is swirling around deep-sea mining, which aims to extract valuable minerals from the ocean floor. In July, the UN-affiliated International Seabed Authority (ISA) will start ...
Should deep seabed mining (DSM) stop or proceed? The international community is now facing a difficult choice. No matter what decision is made, environmental consideration is the core of the issue.