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The Trump Administration Wants Seafloor Mining. What Does That Mean?
On Thursday, President Trump signed an executive order that aims to permit, for the first time, industrial mining of the seabed for minerals. Scientists have expressed deep reservations that mining could irreversibly harm these deep-sea ecosystems before their value and workings are fully understood.
What to Know About Trump’s Push to Boost Deep-Sea Mining
Deep sea mining, however, may not be the only way the U.S. hopes to ramp up its mineral supply. The Trump Administration has also declared its intent to seize control of Greenland —rich in minerals like zinc and graphite—and push for a deal that would give the U.S. a major stake in Ukraine’s natural resources.
California-based company Impossible Metals asked the Trump administration earlier this month to auction off mining leases for ...
President Donald Trump is trying to fast track a brand new, highly controversial industry – mining critical minerals in the ...
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The Odd Case of International Waters and Deep-Sea Mining RightsImagine a place on our planet so vast, so mysterious, that it has no owner. Picture a realm teeming with bizarre life forms, ...
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As Norway Considers Deep-Sea Mining, a Rich History of Ocean Conservation Decisions May Inform How the Country ActsAt the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge off the Norwegian coast, molten rock rises from deep within the Earth between spreading ...
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The practice of deep-sea mining involves using heavy machinery to remove minerals and metals from the seabed, where they ...
Companies are preparing to move forward with seabed mining, but a method for gathering critical minerals from the seafloor would create sediment plumes in the water column where many creatures live.
Nations are currently negotiating a “road map” that would govern any potential deep-sea mining in international waters.
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