Tag: Deepsea
Raw materials and environmental protection: Norway allows deep-sea mining – politics
On Tuesday afternoon, the Storting, the Norwegian parliament in Oslo, voted to open large areas in the North Atlantic to deep-sea mining. The area, which covers 281,000 square kilometers, lies…
Environment: Sediments from deep-sea mining could cause a lot of stress to animals
Environment Sediments from deep-sea mining could cause a lot of stress to animals A helmet jellyfish (Periphylla periphylla) in the North Pacific. photo © Vanessa Stenvers/Geomar/dpa Some do not want…
Oceans: New deep-sea habitat discovered – worms in the rocks
seas New deep-sea habitat discovered – worms in rocks Experiments have been conducted testing the theory of species dispersal through cracks in the Earth’s crust. photo © Rov Subasian/Schmidt Ocean…
Deep-sea mining: The new gold rush will have to wait
deep sea mining The bulbs of desire: the next gold rush will have to wait Manganese nodules on the seabed near Kiel © ROV Team, GEOMAR-Helmholtz-Z./ / Picture Alliance Billions…
Decision postponed: talks on deep-sea mining over
Status: 07/22/2023 08:53 a.m At the conference of the International Seabed Authority there was a lot of arguing and debate – about the mining project for manganese nodules. A decision…
Discussions: Deep-sea mining: momentous question remains unanswered
The international community has postponed the decision on regulations for deep-sea mining at the International Seabed Authority. There is still a lot at stake for the ecosystem. The commercial mining…
Deep-sea mining: the animals disappear with the manganese nodules – Knowledge
The International Seabed Authority (ISA) is currently meeting in Jamaica to establish rules for the mining of manganese nodules and other metals in the deep sea. Time is of the…
Submersible search: deep-sea robots on the seabed in action
Status: 06/22/2023 3:46 p.m Time is of the essence: the five people on board the Titan submersible are running out of oxygen. The rescuers’ hope rests on diving robots that…
Seabed Authority: No agreement on how to deal with deep-sea mining
Seabed Authority No agreement on dealing with deep-sea mining Manganese nodules in the raw materials laboratory of a deep-sea research ship (archive image). There is interest in mining the nodules…
Seabed Authority: No agreement on how to deal with deep-sea mining
Seabed Authority No agreement on dealing with deep-sea mining Manganese nodules in a bowl in the raw materials laboratory of the deep-sea research ship “Sonne”. photo © Ingo Wagner/dpa Mining…