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Gérard Barron, le Elon Musk australien, fier pillard des fonds marins
DoomsdaysCW#Oxygen discovery defies knowledge of the deep ocean
Victoria Gill, Science correspondent, BBC
July 22, 2024
"Scientists have discovered '#DarkOxygen' being produced in the #DeepOcean, apparently by lumps of metal on the #seafloor.
"About half the oxygen we breathe comes from the #ocean. But, before this discovery, it was understood that it was made by marine plants photosynthesising - something that requires sunlight.
"Here, at depths of 5km, where no sunlight can penetrate, the oxygen appears to be produced by naturally occurring metallic '#nodules' which split seawater - H2O - into hydrogen and oxygen.
"Several #mining companies have plans to collect these nodules, which marine scientists fear could disrupt the newly discovered process - and damage any marine life that depends on the oxygen they make.
"'I first saw this in 2013 - an enormous amount of oxygen being produced at the seafloor in complete darkness,' explains lead researcher Prof Andrew Sweetman from the Scottish Association for Marine Science. 'I just ignored it, because I’d been taught - you only get oxygen through #photosynthesis.
"'Eventually, I realised that for years I’d been ignoring this potentially huge discovery,' he told BBC News.
"He and his colleagues carried out their research in an area of the deep sea between #Hawaii and #Mexico - part of a vast swathe of seafloor that is covered with these metal nodules. The nodules form when dissolved metals in seawater collect on fragments of shell - or other debris. It's a process that takes millions of years.
"And because these nodules contain metals like #lithium, #cobalt and #copper - all of which are needed to make batteries - many mining companies are developing technology to collect them and bring them to the surface.
"But Prof Sweetman says the dark oxygen they make could also support life on the seafloor [and life on Earth!]. And his discovery, published in the journal Nature Geoscience, raises new concerns about the risks of proposed deep-sea mining ventures.
"The scientists worked out that the metal nodules are able to make oxygen precisely because they act like batteries."
Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c728ven2v9eo
#WaterIsLife #NoDeepSeaMining #DeepSeaMining #DeepSeaMiningMoratorium #DeepGreen #Oxygen #GerardBarron #DeepSeaLife
#Extinction #DeadPlanet
#Greenpeace could be thrown out of #UN #DeepSeaMining body
"Twenty-four countries, including the UK, have said they support a moratorium on deep-sea mining. They say licensing must wait until sufficient scientific evidence is available to assess the impact and to draw up regulations that protect the deep oceans."
18 March 2024
By Justin Rowlatt, Climate editor, BBC News
"#Miners and #environmentalists are locked in a battle over a multi-billion dollar treasure trove of metals at the bottom of our deepest oceans.
"Now drama on the high seas miles above is heating up the fight.
"One mining company claims Greenpeace activists disrupted a research expedition when they boarded its vessel in the remote Pacific.
"As a result the campaign group could be thrown out of the UN body overseeing controversial plans to begin deep-sea mining.
"Member states of the UN's International Seabed Authority could choose in coming days to strip Greenpeace of its observer status within the group."
Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68576735
#DeepGreen #NoDeepSeaMining #GerardBarron #DeepSeaLife #WaterIsLife #WaterIsLife #Extinction
Mysterious Unknown #DeepSeaCreatures Discovered on Abyssal Expedition
By University of Gothenburg June 9, 2024
"Transparent #SeaCucumbers, pink sea pigs, and bowl-shaped sponges are some of the fascinating animals discovered during a deep-sea expedition to the #AbyssalPlains in the #PacificOcean.
"A 45-day research expedition to the Clarion Clipperton Zone between Mexico and Hawaii in the eastern Pacific Ocean ended in March. One of the scientists on board the British research vessel James Cook was Thomas Dahlgren, a marine ecologist from the University of Gothenburg and the NORCE research institute.
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"Threatened by #Mining
"The aim of the expedition was to map the biodiversity of the area, where #DeepSeaMining of rare metals used in solar panels, electric car batteries, and other green technologies is planned. Several countries and companies are waiting for authorization to extract these metals bound to mineral #nodules lying on the ocean floor. The scientists want to find out more about how mining could affect the #ecosystem, register existing species, and find out how the ecosystem is organized.
“We need to know more about this environment to be able to protect the species living here. Today, 30% of these marine areas in consideration are protected, and we need to know whether this is enough to ensure that these species aren’t at risk of extinction,” says Dahlgren."
https://scitechdaily.com/mysterious-unknown-deep-sea-creatures-discovered-on-abyssal-expedition/
#DeepGreen #NoDeepSeaMining #GerardBarron #DeepSeaLife #WaterIsLife #WaterIsLife
#LawOfTheSeaConvention
#LawOfTheSea
Mysterious Unknown Deep-Sea Creatures Discovered on Abyssal Expedition
Transparent sea cucumbers, pink sea pigs, and bowl-shaped sponges are some of the fascinating animals discovered during a deep-sea expedition to the Abyssal Plains in the Pacific Ocean. A 45-day research expedition to the Clarion Clipperton Zone between Mexico and Hawaii in the eastern Pacific O
It boggles the mind that #Nauru isn't learning from past mistakes. Also, 10,000 people, who will barely profit from #DeepSeaMining, are buying the hype while #DeepGreen and #GerardBarron disrupts #DeepSeaLife, possibly permanently! Not good...
"#Australia, #NewZealand and #Britain had nearly exhausted the viable deposits of #phosphate by 1968 when Australia granted Nauru sovereignty, leaving behind one of the world’s worst #environmental #disasters."
#Corruption, incompetence and a musical: Nauru’s cursed history
The once-wealthy island now barely survives on income from Australia’s #detention regime and is pinning its economic hopes on #UnderseaMining
Anne Davies and Ben Doherty
Mon 3 Sep 2018
"During the 1990s it transformed into a money-laundering haven selling banking licences and passports, including diplomatic passports, which confer immunity. Customers included the Russian mafia and al-Qaida."
https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/04/corruption-incompetence-and-a-musical-naurus-riches-to-rags-tale
#WaterIsLife #NoDeepSeaMining #Extinction #Environment #UNConventionLawOfTheSea #LawOfTheSeaConvention #UNCLOS
TBH, #GerardBarron is how I imagined #TheWalkingDude / #RandallFlagg from #StephenKing's novel #TheStand to look like.