#DeepSeaMining threatens over half of molluscs reliant on hydrothermal vents, today’s update of The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ has revealed. 🦑 iucn.org/press-releas...

The Vancouver Company Working with Trump to Mine the Deep Sea As the US snubs international law, experts say Canada has a duty to step in. via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/07... #deepseamining 🦑

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SUV buyers undeterred by warnings of risk to pedestrians, UK study finds www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Is it "deep-sea mining" or "deep sea mining". I tackle an issue as contentious as it is inconsequential in deep-sea mining: www.southernfriedscience.com/tackling-the...

Happy #WorldOceanDay 🌏 shipmates!! In a shameless bit of self-promotion, here's a work-focussed podcast outlining the beaty of the deep and risks from #DeepSeaMining 🪸⛏️ It's mercifully short and accessible: www.pew.org/en/research-... 🦑

If you say "I support Palestine Action", they might put you in jail. If you incite a racist riot, they put you on the news.

Take action, help pause #DeepSeaMining🪸⛏️ 🦑 Just a few clicks: campaigns.civiclick.com/9256b760-c0f...

🌊 Deep-sea mining is moving closer to reality but activity linked to it remains hidden from view. Deep Sea Mining Watch combines satellite data, mapping tools and open data to help illuminate activity linked to deep-sea mining exploration in the most remote parts of our ocean. https://bit.ly/4pg00v3

Read this to learn more about deep-sea mining. Saving ocean is saving ourselves. #StopDeepSeaMining #DependTheDeep www.everycrsreport.com/reports/IF13...

Take action, help pause #DeepSeaMining🪸⛏️ 🦑 Just a few clicks: campaigns.civiclick.com/9256b760-c0f...

The Guam Legislature voted to ban deep-sea mining from island waters, a symbolic but pointed rebuke of a federal push that has already moved faster than most island leaders anticipated. Stand with Guam to oppose deep-sea mining. www.postguam.com/news/local/g...

I joined Pew Trusts’ "After the Fact" podcast to talk about the deep sea—and why so much about it is still unknown. We explore what’s at stake as interest in #DeepSeaMining grows, and what we still need to understand before moving forward. 🦑 🎧here: pewtrsts.org/42OPvFG

Remember this if you're watching the Israel 'song 'at tonight's shitshow. #eurovision www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

The deep sea is one of the most fragile parts of the planet, yet its future is at risk. 🪼 With the threat of #DeepSeaMining 🪸⛏️ and the scale of impacts unknown, States must implement a moratorium on an untested industry that could affect the health of our planet. 🌍 #DeepDay #DefendTheDeep 🦑

I had an amazing talk with Steven Emerman and we discussed how deep-sea mining companies may be basing their financial projections on resources that don't yet qualify as economically mineable, and why that's not consistent with SEC regulations. 🎧 Podcast Link in first comment

Seabed mining needs integrity, not haste | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

"A 2022 global assessment of nickel mines by Mudd and Simon Jowitt, director of the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, estimates that land-based reserves and resources can meet demand for over 100 years." 🦑 -So we don't need #DeepSeaMining 🪸⛏️ READ: knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

Happy Taxonomist Appreciation Day 🧬 It's a big day...Today we’re celebrating the scientists who make sense of life on Earth by discovering, naming, and classifying species. Shout out to all the taxonomists in the Ocean Census Science Network. We're so proud to work alongside you.

"A moratorium would give the ISA time to collect sufficient scientific and baseline data to better inform the development of regulations and prevent irrevocable damage." #DeepSeaMining 🦑

Indigenous rights, the environment, and international law: What’s at stake at this week’s seabed mining talks #Climate

If I was @zackpolanski.bsky.social, I would be pointing out to the BBC that whatever model they use to justify giving Farage & his boot-lickers season tickets for every BBC show under the sun must surely now treat Green Party politicians in exactly the same way. Might even be one for the lawyers...

Chronic ocean heating fuels ‘staggering’ loss of marine life, study finds. Fish levels fall by 7.2% with as little as 0.1C of warming per decade, northern hemisphere research shows www.theguardian.com/environment/...

“Courts have concluded that the #PrecautionaryPrinciple must be respected when there is scientific uncertainty about how to effectively prevent significant or irreversible harm to the environment and to human health of present and future generations, as in the case of #DeepSeabedMining" 🦑

In a few hours in Gorton and Denton - you have the opportunity to transform our politics. A vote for Hannah Spencer & the Green Party will entirely change our national conversation. And Hannah will be brilliant for Manchester. Check her out 👇🏼 youtu.be/uCy0VdHTVvs?...

Anyone else spot a #UFO over South London 15 mins ago? Looked like a string of fairy lights flying Eastwards

❓ What do #drones, #DeepSeaMining, #mounjaro and mirror proteins all have in common? 🅰️: They have all been identified as 15 emerging issues of concern for global biodiversity conservation. All 1️⃣5️⃣ threats: 🔗 hhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169534725003015

Bipartisan Concern Expressed Over Deep Sea Mining at Congressional Hearing – Southern Fried Science

Slick. A masterclass.

Excellent explainer on the entry into force of the BBNJ -or Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement, a new UN Treaty to protect #marinelife🐋 in the #highseas🌊 and #deepseabed🪸 🦑 www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0bK...

🇧🇪 Belgium wants to host the #BBNJ, while supporting deep-sea mining🤯 What a contradiction. 44 NGOs to Belgium: back a precautionary pause. After all, deep-sea mining is the BBNJ treaty's first test 17 EU states have already acted. Belgium, it's your turn seas-at-risk.org/publications...

"environmental harm doesn’t decide whether we mine the deep sea, profit will" That’s a sobering reflection of our current system: where corporations chase gains while fragile ecosystems pay the price www.science.org/content/arti... #DeepSeaMining #Environment #environmentalhealth

We’re thrilled to share that Japan🇯🇵 has ratified (acceded) the #HighSeasTreaty. Every new ratification brings us closer to truly universal participation in this landmark Agreement. Let’s keep the momentum going! 🌎 #60ToGlobal https://highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratification/

"While most sea slugs use a raspy tongue to feed on prey attached to the seafloor, the mystery mollusc uses a cavernous hood to trap crustaceans like a Venus fly trap plant." (from last year, but still v cool) 🦑 www.mbari.org/news/mbari-r...

Impacts of an industrial deep-sea mining trial on macrofaunal biodiversity www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Seismic, groundbreaking, but not earth-shattering!

Newly elected Norwegian government ruled out deep sea mining licenses in Arctic waters until at least the end of 2029 #DeepSeaMining🪸⛏️ 🦑 www.greenpeace.org/internationa...

🎧 LISTEN: podcast highlighting #DeepSeaMining risks of plumes ⚠️ & noise 🔊 on migratory species such as whales 🐳 , dolphins 🐬 , skates & turtles 🐢, migratory seabirds 🪽 & eels 🐍 -& the marine life they depend on. 🦑 www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlKV...

I was today year's old when I found out about @projectceti.bsky.social -an #AI initiative to decode sperm whale language!! 🐋 🦑https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-23733-1

#NEAFC missed an opportunity to protect deep-sea ecosystems at its annual meeting last week. With #COP30 underway and the 2026 UN bottom fisheries review approaching, NEAFC must align with global biodiversity & climate goals. deep-sea-conservation.org/neafc-reject...

🚨NEW STUDY 🚨 Linkages between megafauna and ferromanganese crusts outlined in SoCal seamounts. Implications for #DeepSeaMining🪸⛏️ 🦑https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967064525001092?via%3Dihub

#DeepSeaMining🪸⛏️ discharge can disrupt midwater food webs NEW PAPER 🦑https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-65411-w

#DeepSeaMining🪸⛏️ discharge can disrupt midwater food webs NEW PAPER 🦑https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-65411-w

This December, world leaders will gather in Nairobi for #UNEA7, the world’s highest decision-making forum on the environment. From climate and biodiversity to pollution and emerging issues such as AI and sustainable resource use, this Q&A unpacks what’s at stake: https://bit.ly/47ugJ6e

Love these demonstrations of how terrestrial🌳 and marine realms🦑 are interconnected. (And we he role of freshwater in making the links! 🏞)

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🚨Highlight from #UNGA: Antigua & Barbuda are the 39th nation to call for a moratorium on #DeepSeaMining. Prime Minister Browne: "No one should mortgage the ocean floor to pay short-term bills." Who will be the 40th to join this global movement and stand up for the ocean? #DefendTheDeep

A moratorium⏸️ on #DeepSeaMining🪸⛏️ would provide the necessary time and space for nations to effectively coordinate, uphold their legal obligations and honour commitments to safeguard the ocean, its biodiversity and its resources for current and future generations. 🦑 www.rsgs.org/blog/deep-se...

H.E. President Boakai of Liberia, on ocean protection at #UNGA: "Deep-sea mining threatens the ocean floor before we even understand what lives there" 🦑https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/africa-is-leading-way-protecting-ocean-now-world-must-follow--ecmii-2025-09-30/

Listen up its @profcallum.bsky.social on the soon-to-enter-into-force BBNJ (or High Seas)Treaty 🦑 PODCAST: www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/int...