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By Ben Aris in Berlin The Trump administration has also moved to fast-track seabed mining in international waters following ...
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Trump's deep-sea mining push aims to cut reliance on China but has sparked fears of ocean damage and global instability.
A U.S. subsidiary of The Metals Co., based in Vancouver, has applied for permits to mine a deep sea zone in international ...
Though hostile in appearance, the deep sea teems with life. Far from being barren, the abyss is likely home to millions of ...
The talks, in Jamaica, are before the International Seabed Authority (ISA), the only organization that can legally approve ...
Gathering minerals such as nickel, cobalt, manganese and lithium from the seabed could affect everything from sponges to ...
The U.S. push to mine international waters for metals defies global efforts to control and protect these fragile ecosystems.
An experiment in 2021 in water about 3 miles (5 kilometers) deep off Mexico found that seabed mining equipment created sediment plumes of up to about 6.5 feet (2 meters) high.
Therefore, deep seabed mining cannot occur in isolation, and disturbances can easily cross jurisdictional boundaries. Negative effects on global fisheries would threaten the main protein source of ...
Managing mining of the deep seabed Contracts are being granted, but protections are lagging Date: July 9, 2015 Source: Center for Ocean Solutions Summary: A regulatory framework for mining in the ...
A new publication on the impacts of deep-seabed mining by 13 prominent deep-sea biologists seeks to dispel scientific misconceptions that have led to miscalculations of the likely effects of ...