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The Truth about Deep Sea Mining
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References
[1] https://www.resolve.ngo/docs/mar_technol_soc_j_45_28a.pdf
[2] https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-020-0027-0
[3] https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/world-history-beginnings/origin-humans-early-...
published: 17 Sep 2022
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The Geologic Oddity in the Deep Ocean; Millions of Valuable Manganese Nodules
Across wide swaths of the deep ocean floor is a strange geologic oddity. There, millions of rounded rocks, which are essentially solid geodes called nodules, are spread across the ocean floor, seemingly with no apparent pattern. In some areas, they cover 70% of the ocean floor, while in other places they are nonexistent. These mysterious masses of rock are referred to as manganese nodules, which are incredibly valuable.
If you would like to support this channel, consider becoming a patron at http://patreon.com/geologyhub.
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Graphics of eruption dates are courtesy of the Glob...
published: 26 Apr 2022
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Visualizing Deep-sea Mining
This animation demonstrates how a collector vehicle launched from a ship during deep-sea mining would travel 15,000 feet below sea level to collect polymetallic nodules containing essential minerals. Narrated by MIT Professor Thomas Peacock.
For more information, please watch: https://youtu.be/MWvCtF1itQM
published: 10 Dec 2019
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The race to mine the bottom of the ocean
We have a lot to gain — and a lot to lose — from deep-sea mining.
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There are metallic deposits scattered throughout our ocean floors — among hydrothermal vents, under the crust of seamounts, and scattered along sea plains in the form of rocks. As it happens, in our search for climate solutions, these metals have become more critical than ever to help us transition away from fossil fuels. We need them for everything like electric car batteries, copper wiring for electrification and wind turbines. Our land-based deposits have met our needs so far, but it’s unclear whether they will continue to, or whether we’ll want to kee...
published: 11 Oct 2023
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Blue Nodules Summary - Deep sea mining
Blue Nodules is a research and innovation project to develop a deep sea mining system for the harvesting of polymetallic nodules from the sea floor with minimum environmental impact.
www.blue-nodules.eu
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement no. 688975.
published: 03 Aug 2020
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Polymetallic Nodules
UK Seabed Resources, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin UK, in partnership with the Department for Business Innovation and Skills, has received a licence and contract to explore a 58,000 sq kilometre area of the Pacific for mineral-rich polymetallic nodules.
published: 27 Mar 2013
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The Uncomfortable Truth About Deep Sea Mining
To meet the world's growing demand for batteries, private companies have turned their attention to mining the ocean floor. But could this practice come at a greater cost to the planet than it's worth?
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Terrestrial mining doesn’t have a perfect record, it comes with a long list of environmental and human rights abuses, including pollution and child labor. All this to dig up raw materials like nickel, manganese, and cobalt that are necessary for our lithium-ion batteries.
Some strategies for a carbon-free future depend on making these batteries in much larger numbers and using them as a power source for electric cars or a storage method for e...
published: 18 Dec 2020
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Could Deep-Sea Mining Fix The Global Minerals Shortage?
There are billions of tons and billions of dollars worth of critical minerals at the bottom of the ocean, including nickel, copper, cobalt and manganese. These metals are vital to electric vehicle batteries and the clean energy transition as a whole. But the debate over whether or not to extract them has become a global controversy, as many fear the potential ecological disruptions it could cause in a part of our planet that remains largely unexplored. What’s more, international regulations for deep-sea mining have yet to be finalized, and the United Nations-affiliated regulatory agency in charge, the International Seabed Authority, recently missed a key deadline to do so.
In the midst of this uncertainly, The Metals Company is forging ahead. The company plans to submit a mining applicati...
published: 20 Sep 2023
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A New Mining Ship Sucks Metals Off The Seafloor. Is That A Good Idea? | Big Business
A Canadian mining startup says metal-rich rocks on the seafloor can help power the switch away from fossil fuels. Critics say mining them could cause ecological destruction, but no one knows exactly what the impact will be yet.
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published: 21 Jan 2023
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Why countries are starting to dig up the ocean
Billions of unassuming rocks on the seafloor could help humanity save itself from the ravages of climate change. These polymetallic nodules contain cobalt and other metals which we need for batteries, electric cars and photovoltaic systems. But harvesting them might destroy deep-sea ecosystems.
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published: 03 Sep 2021
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The Truth about Deep Sea Mining
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Writer: Josi Gold
Editor: Dylan Hennessy
Animator: Mike Ridolfi
Animator: Eli Prenten
Sound: Graham Haerther
Thumbnail: Simon Buckmaster
References
[1] https://www.resolve.ngo/docs/mar_technol_soc_j_45_28a.pdf
[2] https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-020-0027-0
[3] https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/world-history-beginnings/origin-humans-early-societies/a/where-did-humans-come-from#:~:text=Between%2070%2C000%20and%20100%2C000%20years,35%2C000%20and%2065%2C000%20years%20ago.&text=Map%20of%20the%20world%20showing,throughout%20the%20Earth%20over%20time
[4] https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/article-abstract/48/3/293/579958/Environmental-predictors-of-deep-sea-polymetallic
[5] https://www.isa.org.jm/exploration-contracts/polymetallic-nodules
[6] https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/fact-sheets/2017/12/the-clarion-clipperton-zone
[7] https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02222-1
[8] https://bg.copernicus.org/articles/15/2525/2018/
[9] https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/11/10/1132
[10] https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/349889/
[11] https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenrg.2022.884571/full
[12] http://www.deepseaminingoutofourdepth.org/impacts-of-mining-deep-sea-polymetallic-nodules-in-the-pacific/
[13] https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-021-00213-8
[14] https://www.discol.de/home
[15] https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-44492-w
[16] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8192577/
[17] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652620338671?via%3Dihub
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https://wn.com/The_Truth_About_Deep_Sea_Mining
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Credits:
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Writer: Josi Gold
Editor: Dylan Hennessy
Animator: Mike Ridolfi
Animator: Eli Prenten
Sound: Graham Haerther
Thumbnail: Simon Buckmaster
References
[1] https://www.resolve.ngo/docs/mar_technol_soc_j_45_28a.pdf
[2] https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-020-0027-0
[3] https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/world-history-beginnings/origin-humans-early-societies/a/where-did-humans-come-from#:~:text=Between%2070%2C000%20and%20100%2C000%20years,35%2C000%20and%2065%2C000%20years%20ago.&text=Map%20of%20the%20world%20showing,throughout%20the%20Earth%20over%20time
[4] https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/article-abstract/48/3/293/579958/Environmental-predictors-of-deep-sea-polymetallic
[5] https://www.isa.org.jm/exploration-contracts/polymetallic-nodules
[6] https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/fact-sheets/2017/12/the-clarion-clipperton-zone
[7] https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02222-1
[8] https://bg.copernicus.org/articles/15/2525/2018/
[9] https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/11/10/1132
[10] https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/349889/
[11] https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenrg.2022.884571/full
[12] http://www.deepseaminingoutofourdepth.org/impacts-of-mining-deep-sea-polymetallic-nodules-in-the-pacific/
[13] https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-021-00213-8
[14] https://www.discol.de/home
[15] https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-44492-w
[16] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8192577/
[17] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652620338671?via%3Dihub
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Thank you to AP Archive for access to their archival footage.
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Thank you to my patreon supporters: Adam Flohr, Henning Basma, Hank Green, William Leu, Tristan Edwards, Ian Dundore, John & Becki Johnston. Nevin Spoljaric, Jason Clark, Thomas Barth, Johnny MacDonald, Stephen Foland, Alfred Holzheu, Abdulrahman Abdulaziz Binghaith, Brent Higgins, Dexter Appleberry, Alex Pavek, Marko Hirsch, Mikkel Johansen, Hibiyi Mori. Viktor Józsa, Ron Hochsprung
- published: 17 Sep 2022
- views: 1865651
4:31
The Geologic Oddity in the Deep Ocean; Millions of Valuable Manganese Nodules
Across wide swaths of the deep ocean floor is a strange geologic oddity. There, millions of rounded rocks, which are essentially solid geodes called nodules, ar...
Across wide swaths of the deep ocean floor is a strange geologic oddity. There, millions of rounded rocks, which are essentially solid geodes called nodules, are spread across the ocean floor, seemingly with no apparent pattern. In some areas, they cover 70% of the ocean floor, while in other places they are nonexistent. These mysterious masses of rock are referred to as manganese nodules, which are incredibly valuable.
If you would like to support this channel, consider becoming a patron at http://patreon.com/geologyhub.
Another way to support this channel is to make an order via our gemstone and geology related etsy store at http://prospectingarizona.etsy.com.
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Graphics of eruption dates are courtesy of the Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institute. https://volcano.si.edu/
0:00 A Geologic Oddity on the Ocean Floor
0:20 The Value of Manganese Nodules
0:53 Where Nodules can be Found
1:39 How Nodules Form
3:03 Feasibility of Future Mining Operations
Thumbnail Photo Credit: Dann Blackwood, USGS, ngdc.noaa.gov/, Public Domain
Google Earth imagery used in this video: ©Google
Paper Referenced: https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1802/l/pp1802l.pdf
Illustration at 1m5s: USGS
https://wn.com/The_Geologic_Oddity_In_The_Deep_Ocean_Millions_Of_Valuable_Manganese_Nodules
Across wide swaths of the deep ocean floor is a strange geologic oddity. There, millions of rounded rocks, which are essentially solid geodes called nodules, are spread across the ocean floor, seemingly with no apparent pattern. In some areas, they cover 70% of the ocean floor, while in other places they are nonexistent. These mysterious masses of rock are referred to as manganese nodules, which are incredibly valuable.
If you would like to support this channel, consider becoming a patron at http://patreon.com/geologyhub.
Another way to support this channel is to make an order via our gemstone and geology related etsy store at http://prospectingarizona.etsy.com.
This channel's merch store is also on etsy at http://geologyhub.etsy.com.
Graphics of eruption dates are courtesy of the Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institute. https://volcano.si.edu/
0:00 A Geologic Oddity on the Ocean Floor
0:20 The Value of Manganese Nodules
0:53 Where Nodules can be Found
1:39 How Nodules Form
3:03 Feasibility of Future Mining Operations
Thumbnail Photo Credit: Dann Blackwood, USGS, ngdc.noaa.gov/, Public Domain
Google Earth imagery used in this video: ©Google
Paper Referenced: https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1802/l/pp1802l.pdf
Illustration at 1m5s: USGS
- published: 26 Apr 2022
- views: 284630
2:19
Visualizing Deep-sea Mining
This animation demonstrates how a collector vehicle launched from a ship during deep-sea mining would travel 15,000 feet below sea level to collect polymetallic...
This animation demonstrates how a collector vehicle launched from a ship during deep-sea mining would travel 15,000 feet below sea level to collect polymetallic nodules containing essential minerals. Narrated by MIT Professor Thomas Peacock.
For more information, please watch: https://youtu.be/MWvCtF1itQM
https://wn.com/Visualizing_Deep_Sea_Mining
This animation demonstrates how a collector vehicle launched from a ship during deep-sea mining would travel 15,000 feet below sea level to collect polymetallic nodules containing essential minerals. Narrated by MIT Professor Thomas Peacock.
For more information, please watch: https://youtu.be/MWvCtF1itQM
- published: 10 Dec 2019
- views: 146393
11:13
The race to mine the bottom of the ocean
We have a lot to gain — and a lot to lose — from deep-sea mining.
Help keep Vox free for everybody: http://www.vox.com/give-now
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We have a lot to gain — and a lot to lose — from deep-sea mining.
Help keep Vox free for everybody: http://www.vox.com/give-now
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There are metallic deposits scattered throughout our ocean floors — among hydrothermal vents, under the crust of seamounts, and scattered along sea plains in the form of rocks. As it happens, in our search for climate solutions, these metals have become more critical than ever to help us transition away from fossil fuels. We need them for everything like electric car batteries, copper wiring for electrification and wind turbines. Our land-based deposits have met our needs so far, but it’s unclear whether they will continue to, or whether we’ll want to keep destroying the environment to do so.
This video explains the history and the debate over mining metals in the deep sea and why one Canadian company, The Metals Company, is leading the rush there. There are huge environmental implications for digging up seafloor ecosystems as well as ethical ones: Metal-rich zones like the Clarion-Clipperton Zone lie in international waters that technically belong to everyone. A United Nations body located in Kingston, Jamaica, the International Seabed Authority, is faced with an urgent dilemma over how to regulate mining, whether the environmental harm is worth the benefits to solving our climate crisis, and how to fairly share the profits from this shared resource.
Correction: at 7:45, the company rang the opening bell at Nasdaq not New York Stock Exchange.
You can dig into the exploration contracts issued by the International Seabed Authority here:
https://www.isa.org.jm/exploration-contracts/
The New York Times has done some important investigative work on deep sea mining:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/29/world/deep-sea-mining.html
This study provides a thorough overview of some of the ecosystems with metallic deposits:
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2017.00418/full
Here is more information about DeepCCZ, which is leading research on the ecosystem of the Clarion-Clipperton Zone:
https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/18ccz/welcome.html
Note: In a previous version of this video, the voice-over incorrectly stated miles instead of meters at 0:15. It has since been corrected.
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https://wn.com/The_Race_To_Mine_The_Bottom_Of_The_Ocean
We have a lot to gain — and a lot to lose — from deep-sea mining.
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There are metallic deposits scattered throughout our ocean floors — among hydrothermal vents, under the crust of seamounts, and scattered along sea plains in the form of rocks. As it happens, in our search for climate solutions, these metals have become more critical than ever to help us transition away from fossil fuels. We need them for everything like electric car batteries, copper wiring for electrification and wind turbines. Our land-based deposits have met our needs so far, but it’s unclear whether they will continue to, or whether we’ll want to keep destroying the environment to do so.
This video explains the history and the debate over mining metals in the deep sea and why one Canadian company, The Metals Company, is leading the rush there. There are huge environmental implications for digging up seafloor ecosystems as well as ethical ones: Metal-rich zones like the Clarion-Clipperton Zone lie in international waters that technically belong to everyone. A United Nations body located in Kingston, Jamaica, the International Seabed Authority, is faced with an urgent dilemma over how to regulate mining, whether the environmental harm is worth the benefits to solving our climate crisis, and how to fairly share the profits from this shared resource.
Correction: at 7:45, the company rang the opening bell at Nasdaq not New York Stock Exchange.
You can dig into the exploration contracts issued by the International Seabed Authority here:
https://www.isa.org.jm/exploration-contracts/
The New York Times has done some important investigative work on deep sea mining:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/29/world/deep-sea-mining.html
This study provides a thorough overview of some of the ecosystems with metallic deposits:
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2017.00418/full
Here is more information about DeepCCZ, which is leading research on the ecosystem of the Clarion-Clipperton Zone:
https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/18ccz/welcome.html
Note: In a previous version of this video, the voice-over incorrectly stated miles instead of meters at 0:15. It has since been corrected.
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- published: 11 Oct 2023
- views: 2453767
7:35
Blue Nodules Summary - Deep sea mining
Blue Nodules is a research and innovation project to develop a deep sea mining system for the harvesting of polymetallic nodules from the sea floor with minimum...
Blue Nodules is a research and innovation project to develop a deep sea mining system for the harvesting of polymetallic nodules from the sea floor with minimum environmental impact.
www.blue-nodules.eu
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement no. 688975.
https://wn.com/Blue_Nodules_Summary_Deep_Sea_Mining
Blue Nodules is a research and innovation project to develop a deep sea mining system for the harvesting of polymetallic nodules from the sea floor with minimum environmental impact.
www.blue-nodules.eu
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement no. 688975.
- published: 03 Aug 2020
- views: 15925
3:12
Polymetallic Nodules
UK Seabed Resources, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin UK, in partnership with the Department for Business Innovation and Skills, has received a lice...
UK Seabed Resources, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin UK, in partnership with the Department for Business Innovation and Skills, has received a licence and contract to explore a 58,000 sq kilometre area of the Pacific for mineral-rich polymetallic nodules.
https://wn.com/Polymetallic_Nodules
UK Seabed Resources, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin UK, in partnership with the Department for Business Innovation and Skills, has received a licence and contract to explore a 58,000 sq kilometre area of the Pacific for mineral-rich polymetallic nodules.
- published: 27 Mar 2013
- views: 30261
5:38
The Uncomfortable Truth About Deep Sea Mining
To meet the world's growing demand for batteries, private companies have turned their attention to mining the ocean floor. But could this practice come at a gre...
To meet the world's growing demand for batteries, private companies have turned their attention to mining the ocean floor. But could this practice come at a greater cost to the planet than it's worth?
» Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker
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Terrestrial mining doesn’t have a perfect record, it comes with a long list of environmental and human rights abuses, including pollution and child labor. All this to dig up raw materials like nickel, manganese, and cobalt that are necessary for our lithium-ion batteries.
Some strategies for a carbon-free future depend on making these batteries in much larger numbers and using them as a power source for electric cars or a storage method for electricity generated by renewables.
But another source of these materials could lie at the bottom of the ocean. Potato-sized lumps called polymetallic nodules are rich in manganese, copper, cobalt, nickel, and other precious metals; and they are found in abundance in some areas like the Clarion-Clipperton Zone that stretches from Hawaii to Mexico.
#deepseamining #environment #science #seeker #elements
Read More:
History’s Largest Mining Operation Is About to Begin
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/01/20000-feet-under-the-sea/603040/
"Regulations for ocean mining have never been formally established. The United Nations has given that task to an obscure organization known as the International Seabed Authority, which is housed in a pair of drab gray office buildings at the edge of Kingston Harbour, in Jamaica. Unlike most UN bodies, the ISA receives little oversight."
Treasure and Turmoil in the Deep Sea
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/14/opinion/deep-ocean-mining-pollution.html
"As a result of the mining, animals already living near their physiological limits would be eating mouthfuls of poisonous dirt for breakfast, respiring through clogged gills and squinting through a muddy haze to communicate."
Seabed mining is coming — bringing mineral riches and fears of epic extinctions
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02242-y
"The sea floor there boasts one of the world’s largest untapped collections of rare-earth elements. Some 4,000 metres below the ocean surface, the abyssal ooze of the CCZ holds trillions of polymetallic nodules — potato-sized deposits loaded with copper, nickel, manganese and other precious ores."
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https://wn.com/The_Uncomfortable_Truth_About_Deep_Sea_Mining
To meet the world's growing demand for batteries, private companies have turned their attention to mining the ocean floor. But could this practice come at a greater cost to the planet than it's worth?
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Terrestrial mining doesn’t have a perfect record, it comes with a long list of environmental and human rights abuses, including pollution and child labor. All this to dig up raw materials like nickel, manganese, and cobalt that are necessary for our lithium-ion batteries.
Some strategies for a carbon-free future depend on making these batteries in much larger numbers and using them as a power source for electric cars or a storage method for electricity generated by renewables.
But another source of these materials could lie at the bottom of the ocean. Potato-sized lumps called polymetallic nodules are rich in manganese, copper, cobalt, nickel, and other precious metals; and they are found in abundance in some areas like the Clarion-Clipperton Zone that stretches from Hawaii to Mexico.
#deepseamining #environment #science #seeker #elements
Read More:
History’s Largest Mining Operation Is About to Begin
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/01/20000-feet-under-the-sea/603040/
"Regulations for ocean mining have never been formally established. The United Nations has given that task to an obscure organization known as the International Seabed Authority, which is housed in a pair of drab gray office buildings at the edge of Kingston Harbour, in Jamaica. Unlike most UN bodies, the ISA receives little oversight."
Treasure and Turmoil in the Deep Sea
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/14/opinion/deep-ocean-mining-pollution.html
"As a result of the mining, animals already living near their physiological limits would be eating mouthfuls of poisonous dirt for breakfast, respiring through clogged gills and squinting through a muddy haze to communicate."
Seabed mining is coming — bringing mineral riches and fears of epic extinctions
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02242-y
"The sea floor there boasts one of the world’s largest untapped collections of rare-earth elements. Some 4,000 metres below the ocean surface, the abyssal ooze of the CCZ holds trillions of polymetallic nodules — potato-sized deposits loaded with copper, nickel, manganese and other precious ores."
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Could Deep-Sea Mining Fix The Global Minerals Shortage?
There are billions of tons and billions of dollars worth of critical minerals at the bottom of the ocean, including nickel, copper, cobalt and manganese. These ...
There are billions of tons and billions of dollars worth of critical minerals at the bottom of the ocean, including nickel, copper, cobalt and manganese. These metals are vital to electric vehicle batteries and the clean energy transition as a whole. But the debate over whether or not to extract them has become a global controversy, as many fear the potential ecological disruptions it could cause in a part of our planet that remains largely unexplored. What’s more, international regulations for deep-sea mining have yet to be finalized, and the United Nations-affiliated regulatory agency in charge, the International Seabed Authority, recently missed a key deadline to do so.
In the midst of this uncertainly, The Metals Company is forging ahead. The company plans to submit a mining application next year and begin extraction by 2025. But considering the absence of global governance, many remain concerned that this timeline is too aggressive. Major corporations including Google and Samsung, alongside automakers BMW, Volkswagen, Volvo, Renault and Rivian have lined up against deep-sea mining - promising not to source minerals from the ocean until the scientific uncertainties are addressed, and regulations are in place.
CORRECTION: At 5:43 we misstate the name of The Metals Company’s project area that is ranked as having the largest undeveloped nickel deposit in the world, and encompasses nearly 29,000 square miles of seafloor. This area is called NORI. NORI-D is a smaller subset of the full NORI license area.
Chapters:
00:00 — Introduction
02:10 — Minerals shortage
03:39 — The potential of deep-sea mining
07:39 — Great unknowns
12:31 — An uncertain future
Produced by: Katie Brigham
Edited by: Nic Golden Henry
Additional Camera: Liam Mays
Additional Reporting: Catherine Clifford
Animation: Jason Reginato
Supervising Producer: Jeniece Pettitt
Additional Footage: The Metals Company, Deep CCZ Expedition, University of Hawai’i, NOAA Ocean Exploration, Greenpeace, International Seabed Authority, Getty Images
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Could Deep-Sea Mining Fix The Global Minerals Shortage?
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There are billions of tons and billions of dollars worth of critical minerals at the bottom of the ocean, including nickel, copper, cobalt and manganese. These metals are vital to electric vehicle batteries and the clean energy transition as a whole. But the debate over whether or not to extract them has become a global controversy, as many fear the potential ecological disruptions it could cause in a part of our planet that remains largely unexplored. What’s more, international regulations for deep-sea mining have yet to be finalized, and the United Nations-affiliated regulatory agency in charge, the International Seabed Authority, recently missed a key deadline to do so.
In the midst of this uncertainly, The Metals Company is forging ahead. The company plans to submit a mining application next year and begin extraction by 2025. But considering the absence of global governance, many remain concerned that this timeline is too aggressive. Major corporations including Google and Samsung, alongside automakers BMW, Volkswagen, Volvo, Renault and Rivian have lined up against deep-sea mining - promising not to source minerals from the ocean until the scientific uncertainties are addressed, and regulations are in place.
CORRECTION: At 5:43 we misstate the name of The Metals Company’s project area that is ranked as having the largest undeveloped nickel deposit in the world, and encompasses nearly 29,000 square miles of seafloor. This area is called NORI. NORI-D is a smaller subset of the full NORI license area.
Chapters:
00:00 — Introduction
02:10 — Minerals shortage
03:39 — The potential of deep-sea mining
07:39 — Great unknowns
12:31 — An uncertain future
Produced by: Katie Brigham
Edited by: Nic Golden Henry
Additional Camera: Liam Mays
Additional Reporting: Catherine Clifford
Animation: Jason Reginato
Supervising Producer: Jeniece Pettitt
Additional Footage: The Metals Company, Deep CCZ Expedition, University of Hawai’i, NOAA Ocean Exploration, Greenpeace, International Seabed Authority, Getty Images
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Could Deep-Sea Mining Fix The Global Minerals Shortage?
- published: 20 Sep 2023
- views: 115091
13:42
A New Mining Ship Sucks Metals Off The Seafloor. Is That A Good Idea? | Big Business
A Canadian mining startup says metal-rich rocks on the seafloor can help power the switch away from fossil fuels. Critics say mining them could cause ecological...
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- published: 21 Jan 2023
- views: 3452751
9:17
Why countries are starting to dig up the ocean
Billions of unassuming rocks on the seafloor could help humanity save itself from the ravages of climate change. These polymetallic nodules contain cobalt and o...
Billions of unassuming rocks on the seafloor could help humanity save itself from the ravages of climate change. These polymetallic nodules contain cobalt and other metals which we need for batteries, electric cars and photovoltaic systems. But harvesting them might destroy deep-sea ecosystems.
Special thanks to GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel https://www.geomar.de/en/
We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.
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Map showing the location of the three main marine mineral deposits:
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/A-world-map-showing-the-location-of-the-three-main-marine-mineral-deposits_fig5_322364992
UN International Seabed Authority Publications:
https://www.isa.org.jm/publications
ISA Exploration Contracts:
https://www.isa.org.jm/exploration-contracts/polymetallic-nodules
GEOMAR Mining Impact Publications:
https://miningimpact.geomar.de/publications
The abyssal food-web model indicates faunal carbon flow recovery and impaired microbial loop 26 years after a sediment disturbance experiment:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=uO2btYoAAAAJ&citation_for_view=uO2btYoAAAAJ:KlAtU1dfN6UC
Artisanal Mining, Livelihoods, and Child Labor in the Cobalt Supply Chain of the Democratic Republic of Congo:
http://cega.berkeley.edu/assets/cega_research_projects/179/CEGA_Report_v2.pdf
Deutsche Rohstoffagentur Rohstoffinformationen (German only)
https://www.deutsche-rohstoffagentur.de/DE/Gemeinsames/Produkte/Downloads/DERA_Rohstoffinformationen/rohstoffinformationen-36.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=2
00:00 - 00:55 Intro
00:55- 01:48 Metals and Resources
01:48 - 03:40 What are polymetallic nodules
03:40 - 06:11 Research and exploration
06:11 – 08:30 Impact on deep sea ecosystems
08:30 – 09:16 Alternatives to deep sea mining
Reporter: Lydia Meyer
Video Editor: Henning Goll
Supervising Editor: Kiyo Dörrer, Joanna Gottschalk
► Check out our channel trailer: https://youtu.be/T8EiTHe6eXg
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Billions of unassuming rocks on the seafloor could help humanity save itself from the ravages of climate change. These polymetallic nodules contain cobalt and other metals which we need for batteries, electric cars and photovoltaic systems. But harvesting them might destroy deep-sea ecosystems.
Special thanks to GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel https://www.geomar.de/en/
We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.
#PlanetA #ClimateChange #DeepSeaMining
READ MORE:
Map showing the location of the three main marine mineral deposits:
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/A-world-map-showing-the-location-of-the-three-main-marine-mineral-deposits_fig5_322364992
UN International Seabed Authority Publications:
https://www.isa.org.jm/publications
ISA Exploration Contracts:
https://www.isa.org.jm/exploration-contracts/polymetallic-nodules
GEOMAR Mining Impact Publications:
https://miningimpact.geomar.de/publications
The abyssal food-web model indicates faunal carbon flow recovery and impaired microbial loop 26 years after a sediment disturbance experiment:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=uO2btYoAAAAJ&citation_for_view=uO2btYoAAAAJ:KlAtU1dfN6UC
Artisanal Mining, Livelihoods, and Child Labor in the Cobalt Supply Chain of the Democratic Republic of Congo:
http://cega.berkeley.edu/assets/cega_research_projects/179/CEGA_Report_v2.pdf
Deutsche Rohstoffagentur Rohstoffinformationen (German only)
https://www.deutsche-rohstoffagentur.de/DE/Gemeinsames/Produkte/Downloads/DERA_Rohstoffinformationen/rohstoffinformationen-36.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=2
00:00 - 00:55 Intro
00:55- 01:48 Metals and Resources
01:48 - 03:40 What are polymetallic nodules
03:40 - 06:11 Research and exploration
06:11 – 08:30 Impact on deep sea ecosystems
08:30 – 09:16 Alternatives to deep sea mining
Reporter: Lydia Meyer
Video Editor: Henning Goll
Supervising Editor: Kiyo Dörrer, Joanna Gottschalk
► Check out our channel trailer: https://youtu.be/T8EiTHe6eXg
► Want to see more? Make sure to subscribe to Planet A!
- published: 03 Sep 2021
- views: 163043