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Congress should seize the deep sea mining opportunity for America
The Trump administration is preparing an historic executive order to reassert American leadership on the new mineral frontier ...
Deep-sea mining study reveals significant environmental and economic risks to coastal communities and businesses
Deep-sea mining (DSM) not only poses significant environmental, social, and economic risks that may have far-reaching ...
The Miami Hurricane18hOpinion
On deep sea mining: Are we rushing or stalling?
By: Paulina Barnjak and Dylan Long The affirmative In the age of accelerating climate change, collapsing ecosystems and ...
Mongabay News on MSN1d
With deep-sea mining plans in limbo, Norwegian companies fold or dig in
This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network, where Elizabeth Claire Alberts is a fellow. BERGEN ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN2d
As Norway Considers Deep-Sea Mining, a Rich History of Ocean Conservation Decisions May Inform How the Country Acts
In 1982, geologist Martin Hovland sat aboard a research ship owned by the Norwegian oil company Statoil (now Equinor) in the ...
The Daily Galaxy on MSN20h
In 1979, a Deep-Sea Mining Experiment in the Pacific Altered the Seafloor—44 Years Later, Its Environmental Impact is Still Revealing Itself
In 1979, a deep-sea mining experiment in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) left a lasting mark on the seabed. Decades later, ...
Phys.org29d
Deep sea mining impacts visible for 'many decades'
Life is beginning to return to deep-sea mining tracks in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, but full recovery may be impossible. The seabed, cleared of metal-rich nodules in 1979, still shows visible ...
Reuters28d
Deep sea mining impacts still felt forty years on, study shows
"This latest evidence makes it even more clear why governments must act now to stop deep sea mining before it ever starts," said Greenpeace campaigner Louise Casson. While few expect a final text ...
Business Recorder27d
Deep sea mining impacts visible for ‘many decades’
PARIS: Scientists said they have seen the first signs of life returning to deep sea mining tracks carved into the abyssal seabed more than four decades ago, but warned on Wednesday that full ...
EurekAlert!29d
Deep sea mining for rare metals impacts marine life for decades, scientists say
Marine life in the deep ocean can take decades to recover from the impact of deep-sea mining for rare metals, new research shows. A study published in the journal Nature found that the site of a ...