The business case for #DeepSeaMining is sinking faster than machine to the abyss 🌊📉 Interesting piece out on @mongabay.com by @more-whit.bsky.social.
Maybe don’t bulldoze one of Earth’s least understood ecosystems for speculative profits.🐙
The rush was never inevitable. #KeepItInTheSeabed
The deep sea sustains life on Earth, and we're on the brink of damaging it forever.
This #DeepDay, people from around the world are united to #DefendTheDeep
📽️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKwYoMdHwak
We're launching #DefendTheDeep Fridays
Ahead of World Ocean Day, we're mobilising global pressure for a #DeepSeaMining moratorium.
Every Friday, we'll spotlight priority countries and invite supporters to email ministers directly through our advocacy platform.
The European Parliament sent a message on #DeepSeaMining today. 🌊⚖️
A new resolution passed today expects the #EU to take measures if the US were to start with the high-risk activity in defiance with international law.
#DefendTheDeep #KeepItInTheSeabed
The #Arctic is one of the most fragile environments on the planet. Yet a new industry wants to start just here: #DeepSeaMining.
Happy to have been able to discuss why that is a particularly bad idea at the #UArcticCongress. #KeepItInTheSeabed
“The question was never whether to mine.”
A strong analysis of #DeepSeaMining recently out on @oceanographicmag.bsky.social.
What stays unresolved is the assumption of inevitability. This is still a policy and governance choice, not a foregone outcome.
#DefendTheDeep #KeepItInTheSeabed
New #DeepSeaMining science just dropped 🌊🔬
🐙 Clear risks of biodiversity loss
⏳ Impacts lasting decades
🌐 Ecosystems/species found nowhere else
🗺️ Most of the deep ocean still unexplored
We are still discovering species… and already drafting extraction plans 🤔
🚨 New @apnews.com piece exposes the risky rush toward #DeepSeaMining.
❗Fast-tracked permits
❗Legal uncertainty
❗Weak business models
❗Threats to ocean ecosystems
🌊 #DefendTheDeep
🚨 Experts suggest the #US framework for regulating #DeepSeaMining is basically being written on the back of a napkin. 🌊📝
If the safeguards are bare-bones before it even starts, imagine the oversight once the machines hit the seabed.
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@mongabay.com @elizabethalberts.bsky.social
Without the Habitats Directive, marine mammals, countless species, and #Natura2000 habitats are left defenseless.
We have to protect the laws that protect #OurOcean!
Tell the EU now: #HandsOffNature and ✍️sign here handsoffnature.eu #EUFisheries #MPAs #EUBiodiversity
Why do we need deep-sea mining? Given the potential consequences for the health and biodiversity of the ocean, that seems a vital question to answer before any commercial mining starts. The question i...
This is part 2 of a two-part series examining the U.S.’s efforts to begin deep-sea mining in federal waters. Part 2 examines the regulations that would govern the industry. Part 1 explored the process...
The European Parliament today adopted, with a strong majority, a resolution on international ocean diplomacy that presses for the European Union (EU) and its 27 Member States to respond to unlawful de...
Since President Donald Trump signed an executive order to create a deep-sea mining industry, businesses have raised millions from investors, and stock prices have soared.
apnews.com
The deep sea contains a wealth of mineral resources which have been explored for potential commercial use since the 1970s. As demand and technology make the mining of the seafloor a real possibility, ...
