"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...

Perfect Friday commute viewing🚌: 18min documentary on polymetallic nodules and the risks associated with mining the deep ocean: #DeepSeaMining 🪸⛏️ #Marinescience 🦑 #scicom 🥼 📺: youtu.be/1jcmfjDtS1Q?...

Can you help me get to 10,000 views on our @sciam.bsky.social short film about the clash of scientists and corporations in the deep sea? 🪸 This would make our funder @pulitzercenter.org very happy. ☺️ It’s free to watch now on YouTube. We are half way to our goal! 📈 youtu.be/1jcmfjDtS1Q?...

More than 3 million people tuned into @schmidtocean.bsky.social’s expedition livestream off the coast of Argentina, sparking a dialogue about the value of scientific exploration. Watch the footage here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTLt...

Perfect Friday commute viewing🚌: 18min documentary on polymetallic nodules and the risks associated with mining the deep ocean: #DeepSeaMining 🪸⛏️ #Marinescience 🦑 #scicom 🥼 📺: youtu.be/1jcmfjDtS1Q?...

The challenges of policing #DeepseaMining🪸⛏️ on the #Highseas🌊 link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

Two areas being targeted for #DeepSeaMining🪸⛏ in the Pacific Ocean are home to dolphins and threatened whales, a new scientific survey reveals. 🐬🐳🐋 🦑https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/06/25/greenpeace-survey-finds-beautiful-and-vulnerable-whale-species-in-areas-marked-for-deep-se

This is a bit of an older story, but since today is the international fight IUU fishing day (though that should be every day) this seemed appropriate to share. Some of these guys haven’t seen land in 10 years!! www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/w...

BREAKING 📢 The Government's own MPs and many others across parties call for a BAN on destructive bottom-trawl fishing in offshore marine protected areas🪸 This intervention from the Environmental Audit Committee shows that pressure is building 💥💥💥 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, the percentage of species fished beyond the sustainable limit stands at nearly 40 per cent and continues to grow. 🦑 observer.co.uk/news/oceans/...

New Caledonia Approves 50-Year Moratorium on Deep-Seabed Mining 🦑 www.pew-bertarelli-ocean-legacy.org/en/home/rese...

“Deep sea mining and threats to ocean health and fisheries” 🪸⛏.…🐟 🦑 v4.infofish.org/index.php/ar...

#HighSeasTreaty News: Costa Rica 🇨🇷 is the latest country to officially ratify the #BBNJ Treaty at the United Nations taking us closer to the goal of 60 ratifications by #UNOC3 🌊 Follow progress & urge more nations to join the #RaceForRatification 👇 highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratif...

Well-researched and accessible explainer about the politics of #DeepSeaMining🪸⛏️ -and why this is an unnecessary threat to marine life🦑 🙏 take the time (1hr) to watch it all and SHARE widely youtu.be/TacQgNeoPMM?...

Well-researched and accessible explainer about the politics of #DeepSeaMining🪸⛏️ -and why this is an unnecessary threat to marine life🦑 🙏 take the time (1hr) to watch it all and SHARE widely youtu.be/TacQgNeoPMM?...

Yellowfin tuna (fifth most fished species globally) gets half its food from the mesopelagic/twilight zone (200-1000m depth), with some getting up to 94%. With calls to start fishing in these zones, this study notes the major effect this could have on tuna & their diets. news.mit.edu/2025/deep-di...

Trump library?

Important paper outlining role of the biological carbon pump, #BCP linking protection of #MarineLife🦑 with the #ClimateAction (This is what really worries me) www.nature.com/articles/s41...