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deep sea mining
Deep Sea Mining
Is Norway’s Deep-Sea Mining Push for Critical Metals a Climate Solution or an Irreversible Ocean Catastrophe?
Introduction
Norway, long hailed as a leader in ocean conservation, made headlines in January 2024 when its parliament approved exploratory deep-sea mining with an 80-20...
Deep Sea Mining
Greenpeace’s Opposition and Environmental Impacts in 2025
Introduction
Deep-sea mining involves extracting polymetallic nodules from ocean floors deeper than 4,000 meters, targeting metals like cobalt and nickel essential for batteries and tech....
Mining & Critical Metals
Unveiling Environmental Impacts and Regulatory Gaps in 2024-2025
Introduction
Deep-sea mining targets polymetallic nodules on the ocean floor, rich in metals essential for batteries and renewables. As of 2024-2025, the International Seabed Authority...
Deep Sea Mining
Environmental Impacts and the Green Transition Debate in 2025
Deep-sea mining involves extracting polymetallic nodules, sulfides, and crusts from ocean floors deeper than 200 meters, targeting metals essential for batteries and clean tech....
Deep Sea Mining
Norway’s Deep-Sea Mining Dilemma: Balancing Green Transition and Ocean Conservation
The Push for Underwater Riches
Norway has earmarked approximately 281,000 square kilometers of its continental shelf for potential mining, targeting essential metals like cobalt and...
Extraction & Refinement Processes
The Deep Dilemma: Balancing Critical Metal Demand with Ecological Risks in Deep-Sea Mining
Unraveling Environmental Impacts
Deep-sea mining at depths approaching 4,000 meters poses profound environmental issues, primarily due to sediment plumes that can devastate complex ecosystems largely...
Marine Life & Ocean Fauna
Deep sea mining, American Legislation, Multinationals, and Threatened Biodiversity
The Big Turn: American Legislation and Donald Trump's Declarations
The United States has just crossed a decisive threshold in regulating seabed mining. Under the Trump...
