seabed exploration News
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UN licences kick off search for underwater minerals
The International Seabed Authority (ISA) has begun issuing exploration licences for mining the yet untouched floor of international waters raising concerns about potential environmental impacts. The licenses, issued on 21 July, grant prospecting rights for underwater minerals to private and state-owned companies from Brazil, Cook Islands, Germany, India, Russia, Singapore and the United Kingdom. ...
By SciDev.Net
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Seasam embarks on the Energy Observer Odyssey
Friday, May 8th, marked the departure for the Energy Observer team on a new expedition – in complete autonomy! The Energy Observer Odyssey to imagine the world of tomorrow. Earlier this month, The Energy Observer team started a two-month trip aboard their catamaran, with complete energy and food autonomy across the Caribbean and French Guiana. Their goal? Getting closer to nature in ...
By Notilo Plus
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Deep-sea mining looms on horizon as UN body issues contracts
The deep oceans span more than half the globe and their frigid depths have long been known to contain vast, untapped deposits of prized minerals. These treasures of the abyss, however, have always been out of reach to miners. But now, the era of deep seabed mining appears to be dawning fueled by technological advances in robotics and dwindling land-based deposits. Rising demand for copper, ...
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Pacific islands seek protection from deep-sea mining
Surging interest in deep-sea metal mining in the Pacific Ocean has prompted island nations to work together to develop the scientific capacity needed to protect their environment. The move follows the discovery of large deposits of rare-earth metals such as scandium on the seabed near Hawaii, Tahiti and other locations in the eastern South Pacific and central North Pacific. The latest discovery ...
By SciDev.Net
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What is Deep Sea Mining?
Greenpeace have uncovered plans by governments all over the world to drill into the seabeds of vast swathes of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans in search of precious minerals and metals. Although this so-called “deep sea mining” has yet to commence, the Greenpeace study highlighted that at least 29 licenses have so far been granted to countries sponsoring mining companies. ...
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Feds approve oil exploration off US Eastern Coast
The Obama administration has sided with energy developers over environmentalists, approving the use of underwater blasts of sound to pinpoint oil and gas deposits in federal Atlantic Ocean waters. The regulatory decision is the first real step toward what could be an economic transformation in East Coast states, potentially creating a new energy infrastructure, thousands of jobs and billions of ...
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