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The #seabed disturbance from #trenching and #turbine foundations could destroy essential #SpawningGrounds for #herring and #SandEels, further destabilising the fragile marine #FoodWeb.
Another one of those "the US has never ratified the treaty".
"Canadian company in negotiations with Trump to mine seabed"
Bottom trawling in European waters costs society up to €11bn a year, new study finds.
A first-of-its-kind study released today found that this cost is largely due to carbon dioxide emissions from disturbed sediments on the seafloor.
The study is the first to measure the full economic cost of bottom trawling in European waters - including the EU, UK, Norway and Iceland.
Core samples from Greenland's seabed provide first historical overview of plastic pollution https://phys.org/news/2025-03-core-samples-greenland-seabed-historical.html
Sabotage on the seabed: How can Europe protect itself?
Several recent submarine data-cable breaks in the Baltic Sea have exposed the vulnerability of critical underwater infrastructure. Russia is suspected of having been involved in the damage.
Europe is ill-prepared for such attacks in the future.
Sabotage on the seabed: How can Europe protect itself?
Several recent submarine data-cable breaks in the Baltic Sea have exposed the vulnerability of critical underwater infrastructure. Russia is suspected of having been involved in the damage.
Europe is ill-prepared for such attacks in the future.
Sabotage on the seabed: How can Europe protect itself?
Several recent submarine data-cable breaks in the Baltic Sea have exposed the vulnerability of critical underwater infrastructure. Russia is suspected of having been involved in the damage.
Europe is ill-prepared for such attacks in the future.
As countries scramble for minerals, the #seabed beckons. Will mining it be a disaster? – visual explainer - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2025/mar/12/as-countries-scramble-for-minerals-the-seabed-beckons-will-mining-it-be-a-disaster-visual-explainer well obvs...
Ukraine Daily summary - Monday, March 3 2025
Norwegian fuel supplier halts sales to US Navy over Trump-Zelensky dispute, citing 'moral compass' -- Kremlin says perceived US foreign policy shift aligns with its vision -- Elon Musk publicly supports call for US to exit NATO, UN -- UK to provide Ukraine with $2 billion for air defense -- and morehttps://writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/Ukraine%20Daily%20summary%20-%20%20Monday,%20March%203%202025/
Greg Cocks Seismometers Reveal Earth's Longest-Runout Undersea Sediment Flows In Unprecedented Detail
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https://phys.org/news/2025-02-seismometers-reveal-earth-longest-runout.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02137-z <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2024.109350 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-022-01017-x <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #Congo #CongoChannel #bathymetry #seismometers #monitoring #sediment #flow #submarine #massmovement #canyon #infrastructure #pipes #cables #engineeringgeology #geology #model #current #debrisflow #bathymetric #Africa #offshore #coast #coastal #river #WestAfrica #instrumentation #acoustic #doppler #moorings #turbidity #thalweg #morphology #landslides #stratigraphy #seismic #turbiditycurrent #flow #gradient #slope #erosion #risk #hazard #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #seabed
OnlineFirst - "Slippery substances: Accreting alternative chemical knowledges in a heavy industry port" by @ameliahine
@awi
#chemicalstudies #sediments #seabed #chemical #port #decarbonisation #hifmb
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/25148486251323455
Illegal seabed dredging surges as Indonesia resumes sand exports https://news.mongabay.com/2025/02/sea-sand-dredging-indonesia-fisheries-export-marine-ecosystem-singapore/
@yahoonews.bsky.social
( ed: Gentlemen start your deep sea mining engines and please stay away Muscovy feet 
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Japan 
finds massive rare metals deposits worth $26,290,800,000 
)
Ep 11-21-2024
#rareearths #mining poor #seabed
https://www.yahoo.com/news/japan-finds-massive-rare-metals-213543622.html
A UN body that regulates deep international waters is preparing to elect its next leader,
a crucial position as it faces pressure to either ban, approve or place a moratorium on #seabed #mining.
The upcoming election comes as the Jamaica-based 
International Seabed Authority ended a two-week session on Friday without reaching a consensus on a regulatory framework for deep-sea mining.
The drawn-out debate raises concerns that the authority could receive an application later this year seeking the first deep sea mining exploitation license without having rules or regulations in place.
The Metals Company, a Canadian-based mining company, is largely expected to be the first to apply for such a license.
Mining exploration has been ongoing in the 
Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone,
which covers 1.7 million square miles (4.5 million square kilometers) between Hawaii and Mexico.
It is occurring at depths ranging from 13,000 to 19,000 feet (4,000 to 6,000 meters).
However, no exploitation licenses have been issued.
That could soon change given that some companies and countries are eager to mine the seabed and meet a surging demand for #precious #metals including cobalt, nickel and copper that are used in green technology.
More than two dozen countries have called for a ban, pause or moratorium on deep-sea mining.
Companies including BMW and Samsung SDI also have pledged not to use raw materials from deep-sea mining.
However, proponents of deep-sea mining say it is cheaper and has less of an impact than land mining.
Olav Myklebust, the authority's council president, told reporters Friday that there are still outstanding issues regarding a proposed regulatory framework, including inspection, compliance and enforcement and how best to determine payments related to exploitation.
He and secretary general Michael Lodge, who is seeking a third term, did not say if exploitation should start despite the absence of rules and regulations.
Today starts the highly #political 29th session of the #International #Seabed #Authority ( #ISA )on the #protection of the #habitats of the #ocean #floor in #deep #sea ,about which #science knows less than about the #surface of the #moon .Some #states ,such as #France & #Greece ,want total #conservation ,others ( #Australia , #Brazil , #Canada etc) a #moratorium on all #mining ,while #Russia , #India & #China are in favour of #industralized #mining of #metals used in #electric #car #batteries .
Global activity of #seafloor #biodiversity mapped for the first time https://phys.org/news/2024-05-global-seafloor-biodiversity.html
Global distribution and environmental correlates of marine #bioturbation https://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822(24)00575-X
"like #worms enriching the soil in our garden, invertebrates are doing the same on the #seabed—improving conditions for #ocean life. Understanding how these processes operate gives #scientists insights into what is driving the health of #oceans and how they may respond to #ClimateChange."
#Environmental campaigners have filed a #lawsuit at an #Oslo court challenging #Norway's plan for #seabed mineral exploration, citing insufficient impact assessment of the #mining, the World Wide Fund for #Nature #WWF and its lawyer said on Friday.
Norway's parliament in January approved a proposal to open a vast ocean area larger than Britain for seabed mineral exploration after a government-commissioned study concluded that its impact would be minimal.