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Stefan F. Wirth<p>The <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/LighthouseofAlexandria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LighthouseofAlexandria</span></a> is one of the <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/SevenWonders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SevenWonders</span></a> of the <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/AncientWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AncientWorld</span></a>. It was built between 299 and 279 BC under <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/PtolemyI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PtolemyI</span></a> by <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/SostratusofCnidus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SostratusofCnidus</span></a> and was <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/destroyed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>destroyed</span></a> by earthquakes in the early 14th century AD. <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Scientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scientists</span></a> led by construction researcher Isabelle Hairy (<a href="https://biologists.social/tags/CNRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CNRS</span></a>) <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/raised" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>raised</span></a> 22 <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/blocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blocks</span></a> of it from the <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/seabed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>seabed</span></a> in 2025. It is intended to better understand the <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/tower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tower</span></a>'s <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/construction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>construction</span></a>.</p><p>©<a href="https://biologists.social/tags/StefanFWirth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StefanFWirth</span></a> Berlin 2025</p><p>Ref<br><a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/lighthouse-of-alexandria-blocks-recovered-2665823" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.artnet.com/art-world/ligh</span><span class="invisible">thouse-of-alexandria-blocks-recovered-2665823</span></a></p><p><a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Pictures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pictures</span></a><br>© S.F. Wirth, <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/AIassisted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIassisted</span></a>, 2025</p>
Alo Japan<p><a href="https://www.alojapan.com/1317739/japans-ultra-deep-sea-quest-to-mine-rare-earths-triggers-a-green-backlash/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">alojapan.com/1317739/japans-ul</span><span class="invisible">tra-deep-sea-quest-to-mine-rare-earths-triggers-a-green-backlash/</span></a> Japan’s ultra-deep-sea quest to mine rare earths triggers a green backlash <a href="https://channels.im/tags/AllianceOfCountriesForADeepSeaMiningMoratorium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AllianceOfCountriesForADeepSeaMiningMoratorium</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/beijing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>beijing</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Chikyu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chikyu</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/ClarionClippertonZone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClarionClippertonZone</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/DavidPanuelo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DavidPanuelo</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/DuncanCurrie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DuncanCurrie</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/FederatedStatesOfMicronesia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederatedStatesOfMicronesia</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/HighSeasAlliance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HighSeasAlliance</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/InternationalSeabedAuthority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalSeabedAuthority</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/JapanNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JapanNews</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/JapanTopics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JapanTopics</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Minamitorishima" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Minamitorishima</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mining</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/NikkeiNewspaper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NikkeiNewspaper</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/OgasawaraIslands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OgasawaraIslands</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/PacificMetalsCo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PacificMetalsCo</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/RareEarths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RareEarths</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/seabed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>seabed</span></a> Japan’s quest for rare earths is abou</p>
WINGS_radio<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Seabed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Seabed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mining</span></a> is becoming an environmental flashpoint: <a href="https://theconversation.com/seabed-mining-is-becoming-an-environmental-flashpoint-nz-will-have-to-pick-a-side-soon-258908" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/seabed-min</span><span class="invisible">ing-is-becoming-an-environmental-flashpoint-nz-will-have-to-pick-a-side-soon-258908</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NewZealand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewZealand</span></a></p>
🐟🐠🐡🐙🦑ptoothfish🦑🐙🐡🐠🐟<p>lol a bunch of district councils looking for an opportunity to be placed under scrutiny of a Crown Observer <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/nzpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nzpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/seabed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>seabed</span></a></p>
EGU<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hydrography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hydrography</span></a>– the science of measuring and describing the physical features of oceans, seas, coastal areas, lakes, and rivers. It is the foundation of our understanding of the marine world. In this vast field, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/seabed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>seabed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mapping</span></a> has become one of the most vital tools of the 21st century. But could it also help restore our blue planet 🌊 ?</p><p>👉 Find out more in our latest <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GeoLog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeoLog</span></a>: <a href="https://egu.eu/6J43K2/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">egu.eu/6J43K2/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>📷 Veera Haapaniemi on <a href="https://imaggeo.egu.eu" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">imaggeo.egu.eu</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
MediaFaro Analysis<p>Mussel power: how an offshore shellfish farm is boosting marine life.</p><p>Mussel farming provides a sustainable alternative protein source for human diets, because mussels filter feed on plankton and do not have to be fed wild-caught fish.</p><p>Researchers have found that one offshore mussel farm is boosting marine biodiversity and regenerating the seabed.</p><p><a href="https://mediafaro.org/article/20250606-mussel-power-how-an-offshore-shellfish-farm-is-boosting-marine-life?mf_channel=mastodon&amp;action=forward" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mediafaro.org/article/20250606</span><span class="invisible">-mussel-power-how-an-offshore-shellfish-farm-is-boosting-marine-life?mf_channel=mastodon&amp;action=forward</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Mussels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mussels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Shellfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shellfish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/MarineLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarineLife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Protein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Protein</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Seabed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Seabed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/LymeBay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LymeBay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> Is Reviewing <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ImpossibleMetals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ImpossibleMetals</span></a> Proposal to <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Mine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mine</span></a> the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Seabed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Seabed</span></a><br>The Interior Department said it would review a new proposal for operations off the coast of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/AmericanSamoa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanSamoa</span></a>.<br>The move follows an <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/executiveorder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>executiveorder</span></a> that urged government agencies to expedite permits for <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/seabedmining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>seabedmining</span></a> in US territorial waters as well as international waters. Most other nations argue US does not have the legal right to mine the seabed beyond its own territorial waters. <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/climate/trump-seabed-mining-impossible-metals-american-samoa.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/05/21/climate</span><span class="invisible">/trump-seabed-mining-impossible-metals-american-samoa.html</span></a><br><a href="https://archive.ph/B5zn4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/B5zn4</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>MAREANO adopts USV technology for North Sea survey <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/1008995/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/1008995/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AcousticSensors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcousticSensors</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AutonomousSurveying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AutonomousSurveying</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BathymetricData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BathymetricData</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Bathymetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bathymetry</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Fugro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fugro</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MBES" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MBES</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MultibeamEchosounder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MultibeamEchosounder</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NorthSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NorthSea</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Seabed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Seabed</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SeabedMapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeabedMapping</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/uncrewed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uncrewed</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/unmanned" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unmanned</span></a></p>
H2O Radio<p>Trump wants to expedite <a href="https://journa.host/tags/seabed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>seabed</span></a> mining of cobalt and nickel even though EV manufacturers are shifting away from using the minerals&gt; <a href="https://h2oradio.org/this-week-in-water/trees-know-an-eclipse-is-coming-before-it-starts" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">h2oradio.org/this-week-in-wate</span><span class="invisible">r/trees-know-an-eclipse-is-coming-before-it-starts</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SodiumBatteries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SodiumBatteries</span></a> offer an alternative to tricky <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/lithium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lithium</span></a></p><p>Lithium is relatively scarce and mostly refined in China. Sodium is neither</p><p>Oct 26th 2023</p><p>Excerpt: "Fortunately, lithium is not the only game in town. As we report this week, a clutch of firms are making batteries based on sodium, lithium’s elemental cousin. Since sodium’s chemical properties are very similar to those of lithium, it too makes for good batteries. And sodium, which is found in the salt in seawater, is thousands of times more abundant on Earth than lithium and cheaper to get at. Most of the companies using sodium to make batteries today are also Chinese. But pursuing the technology in the West might be a surer route to energy security than relying heavily on lithium. </p><p>"Besides its abundance, sodium has other advantages. The best lithium batteries use <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cobalt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cobalt</span></a> and 3nickel in their electrodes. Nickel, like lithium, is in short supply. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mining</span></a> it on land is <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environmentally" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environmentally</span></a> destructive. Proposals to grab it from the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/seabed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>seabed</span></a> instead have caused rows. A good deal of the world’s cobalt, meanwhile, is extracted from small mines in the Democratic Republic of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Congo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congo</span></a>, where child labour is common and working conditions are dire. Sodium batteries, by contrast, can use electrodes built from iron and manganese, which are plentiful and uncontroversial. Since the chemical components are cheap, a scaled-up industry should be able to produce batteries that cost less than their lithium counterparts. </p><p>"Sodium is not a perfect replacement for lithium. It is heavier, meaning sodium batteries will weigh more than lithium ones of an equivalent capacity. That is likely to rule them out in some cases where lightness is paramount. But for other applications, such as grid storage or home batteries, weight is irrelevant. Several Chinese carmakers are even beginning to put sodium batteries in electric vehicles.</p><p>"Perhaps the biggest disadvantage of sodium batteries is their late start. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumIon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumIon</span></a> batteries were first commercialised in the 1990s and have benefited from decades of investment. But the rest of the world is behind China on both fronts anyway. America and the European Union have announced enormous programmes of green industrial subsidies. If they are determined to bankroll batteries, some of the pot should go to sodium."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2023/10/26/sodium-batteries-offer-an-alternative-to-tricky-lithium" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">economist.com/leaders/2023/10/</span><span class="invisible">26/sodium-batteries-offer-an-alternative-to-tricky-lithium</span></a></p><p>Archived version:<br><a href="https://archive.ph/7x6JX#" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/7x6JX#</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarPunkSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SolarPunkSunday</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DeepSeaMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeepSeaMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoLithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoLithiumMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LeaveItInTheOcean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LeaveItInTheOcean</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LeaveItInTheOcean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LeaveItInTheOcean</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumAlternatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumAlternatives</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SodiumBatteries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SodiumBatteries</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RenewablesNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RenewablesNow</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>As <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Norway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Norway</span></a> Considers <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DeepSeaMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeepSeaMining</span></a>, a Rich History of Ocean Conservation Decisions May Inform How the Country Acts</p><p>In the past, scientists, industry and government have worked together in surprising, tense and fruitful ways</p><p>by Christian Elliott, April 21, 2025</p><p>"At the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arctic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arctic</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MidOceanRidge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MidOceanRidge</span></a> off the Norwegian coast, molten rock rises from deep within the Earth between spreading tectonic plates. Black smoker vents sustain unique ecosystems in the dark. Endemic species of long, segmented bristle worms and tiny crustaceans graze on bacteria mats and flit among fields of chemosynthetic tube worms, growing thick as grass. Dense banks of sponges cling to the summits and slopes of underwater mountains. And among all this life, minerals build up slowly over millennia in the form of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sulfide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sulfide</span></a> deposits and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/manganese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>manganese</span></a> crusts.</p><p>"Those minerals are the kind needed to fuel the global green energy transition—<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/copper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copper</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/zinc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zinc</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cobalt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cobalt</span></a>. In January 2024, Norway surprised the world with the announcement it planned to open its waters for exploratory deep-sea mining, the first nation to do so. If all went to plan, companies would be issued licenses to begin identifying mineral deposits as soon as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Spring2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spring2025</span></a>. To some scientists who’d spent decades mapping and studying the geology and ecology of the Norwegian seabed and Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge, the decision seemed premature—they still lacked critical data on the area targeted for mining. The government’s own Institute of Marine Research (IMR) accused it of extrapolating from a small area where data has already been collected to the much larger zone now targeted</p><p>“ 'Our advice has been we don’t have enough knowledge,' says Rebecca Ross, an <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ecologist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecologist</span></a> at IMR who works on Norway’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mareano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mareano</span></a> deep-sea mapping initiative. She says the decision was based solely on the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geology</span></a> of the area. Taking high-resolution scans of the seabed and sampling its geology is the first step when research ships enter a new area, but critical biological and ecological research is more difficult and tends to come later—which is the case on the ridge area targeted for mining. Ross says it’s certain that area contains vulnerable marine ecosystems that would be affected by the light and noise pollution and sediment plumes generated by mining. The IMR estimates closing the knowledge gap on the target area could take ten years.</p><p>"The same conflict, with a partial scientific understanding misinterpreted and used to justify resource extraction, is playing out in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pacific" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pacific</span></a>, where mining pilot projects are already underway in international waters. Years before, scientists funded by industry scouted the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/seabed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>seabed</span></a> there, discovering both valuable minerals and new forms of life."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/as-norway-considers-deep-sea-mining-a-rich-history-of-ocean-conservation-decisions-may-inform-how-the-country-acts-180986412/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">smithsonianmag.com/science-nat</span><span class="invisible">ure/as-norway-considers-deep-sea-mining-a-rich-history-of-ocean-conservation-decisions-may-inform-how-the-country-acts-180986412/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LeaveItInTheOcean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LeaveItInTheOcean</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DeepSeaMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeepSeaMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoDeepSeaMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoDeepSeaMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RecycleCopper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RecycleCopper</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LifeOnEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LifeOnEarth</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ecocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ecocide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PlanetDestroyers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlanetDestroyers</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanGreed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanGreed</span></a></p>
H2O Radio<p>On This Week in <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Water</span></a>:</p><p> • How <a href="https://journa.host/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a> could make <a href="https://journa.host/tags/rice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rice</span></a> toxic</p><p> • Why Trump’s tariff wars are likely to accelerate <a href="https://journa.host/tags/seabed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>seabed</span></a> mining and endanger <a href="https://journa.host/tags/marine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>marine</span></a> habitats </p><p> • How sh*t happens and it’s being used to break down <a href="https://journa.host/tags/plastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plastic</span></a></p><p> • Why the Trump administration has halted a massive offshore <a href="https://journa.host/tags/wind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wind</span></a> project </p><p>Details&gt; <a href="https://h2oradio.org/this-week-in-water/could-climate-change-make-rice-unhealthy" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">h2oradio.org/this-week-in-wate</span><span class="invisible">r/could-climate-change-make-rice-unhealthy</span></a></p>
H2O Radio<p>Trump’s tariff wars are likely to speed up <a href="https://journa.host/tags/seabed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>seabed</span></a> mining, which could endanger marine habitats&gt; <a href="https://h2oradio.org/this-week-in-water/could-climate-change-make-rice-unhealthy" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">h2oradio.org/this-week-in-wate</span><span class="invisible">r/could-climate-change-make-rice-unhealthy</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>Companies keen to start deep-sea mining off Norway <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/908750/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/908750/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AnetteBrochMathisenTvedt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AnetteBrochMathisenTvedt</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DeepSeaMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeepSeaMining</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ExplorationLicences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExplorationLicences</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GreenEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreenEnergy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GreenMinerals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreenMinerals</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GreenTransition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreenTransition</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/IndustryPlayers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndustryPlayers</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Norway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Norway</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NorwegianSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NorwegianSea</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RareEarthMinerals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RareEarthMinerals</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Seabed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Seabed</span></a></p>
H2O Radio<p>On This Week in <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Water</span></a>:<br>• A way that acid rain could reign again<br>• A push in the U.S. to go <a href="https://journa.host/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nuclear</span></a> <br>• A secret plan to start <a href="https://journa.host/tags/seabed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>seabed</span></a> mining in the Pacific and circumvent a UN treaty<br>• A <a href="https://journa.host/tags/tree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tree</span></a> that likes getting struck by <a href="https://journa.host/tags/lightning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lightning</span></a><br>Details and facts&gt; <a href="https://h2oradio.org/this-week-in-water/making-acid-rain-great-again" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">h2oradio.org/this-week-in-wate</span><span class="invisible">r/making-acid-rain-great-again</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a></p>
H2O Radio<p>A company was secretly discussing a plan with the Trump administration to start <a href="https://journa.host/tags/seabed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>seabed</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mining</span></a> in the Pacific and circumvent a UN treaty&gt; <a href="https://h2oradio.org/this-week-in-water/making-acid-rain-great-again" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">h2oradio.org/this-week-in-wate</span><span class="invisible">r/making-acid-rain-great-again</span></a></p>
anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖<p>The <a href="https://mas.to/tags/seabed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>seabed</span></a> disturbance from <a href="https://mas.to/tags/trenching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trenching</span></a> and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/turbine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>turbine</span></a> foundations could destroy essential <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SpawningGrounds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpawningGrounds</span></a> for <a href="https://mas.to/tags/herring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>herring</span></a> and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SandEels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SandEels</span></a>, further destabilising the fragile marine <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FoodWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FoodWeb</span></a>. </p><p>🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅</p>
MediaFaro News Digest<p>Bottom trawling in European waters costs society up to €11bn a year, new study finds.</p><p>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.</p><p>The study is the first to measure the full economic cost of bottom trawling in European waters - including the EU, UK, Norway and Iceland.</p><p><a href="https://mediafaro.org/article/20250325-bottom-trawling-in-european-waters-costs-society-up-to-11bn-a-year-new-study-finds?mf_channel=mastodon&amp;action=forward" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mediafaro.org/article/20250325</span><span class="invisible">-bottom-trawling-in-european-waters-costs-society-up-to-11bn-a-year-new-study-finds?mf_channel=mastodon&amp;action=forward</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Seabed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Seabed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/CarbonEmissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CarbonEmissions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Carbon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Carbon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Trawling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trawling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Sea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sea</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ocean</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Fishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fishing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Norway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Norway</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Iceland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Iceland</span></a></p>
Dragofix<p>Core samples from Greenland's seabed provide first historical overview of plastic pollution <a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-03-core-samples-greenland-seabed-historical.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-03-core-sam</span><span class="invisible">ples-greenland-seabed-historical.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://veganism.social/tags/Greenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greenland</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/sea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sea</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/seabed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>seabed</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/plastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plastic</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/PlasticPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlasticPollution</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>Autonomous bathymetric survey in the UK Atlantic <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/839827/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/839827/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AutonomousOperations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AutonomousOperations</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AutonomousSurveying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AutonomousSurveying</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Backscatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Backscatter</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DataAcquisition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataAcquisition</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DataProcessing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataProcessing</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environmental</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GreatBritain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreatBritain</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HydrographicData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HydrographicData</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HydrographicSurvey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HydrographicSurvey</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/IHO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IHO</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MBES" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MBES</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Multibeam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Multibeam</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/navigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>navigation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/processing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>processing</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/safety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>safety</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Seabed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Seabed</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SeabedMapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeabedMapping</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Standards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Standards</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SurveyData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SurveyData</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UKHO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKHO</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/uncrewed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uncrewed</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UncrewedSurveying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UncrewedSurveying</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Wreck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wreck</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/XOCEAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XOCEAN</span></a></p>