Celebrating #seagrass with new works by #gamelan group #RhythmInBronze in #SeruanSetu - "Secret Gardens of the Sea". Composers, musicians, videographers, directors & production team first spent several days with the #fishers of #TanjungKupang to understand the habitat & its vital role.

The free booklet explains: https://www.rhythminbronze.com/programme-book-seruan-setu
Performances in #KL 24-27 Aug, #ArtAndEnvironment conference 29 Aug: https://www.rhythminbronze.com
#NewMusic #seabed #ecology #conservation #Malaysia

@dave_von_s @pauleric_70 Thanks for that source of information.

It does say:

Scientists therefore fear that large quantities of methane hydrate will melt there in the future, releasing increased amounts of CO2 into the ocean and the atmosphere.

So there's no relevant risk of extra methane in the atmosphere because of #seabed #methanehydrate.
Therefor depecting methane rising up in methane bubbles is false.

Also stability has a lot to do with pressure in the sea.

Absent an agreement on the #seabed being the common heritage of humankind, the UN mandated International Seabed Authority (ISA) has been licensing #deepseamining projects in international waters; #China has the most successful applications

Guy Standing (FT) thinks 'there is a distinct risk that we could see what would amount to the biggest resource grab in history'!

Some have argued for a moratorium on #ecological grounds, but the #mining lobby citing the #GreenTransition is gaining ground!

PROTECTION VS PROFIT
why is this even a consideration in these eco-collapse times?

Deep-sea mining meetings conclude after stalemate on key agenda items

https://news.mongabay.com/2023/07/deep-sea-mining-meetings-conclude-after-stalemate-on-key-agenda-items/

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Negotiations broke down at deep-sea mining meetings that recently took place in Jamaica, exposing deep rifts within the International Seabed Authority, the U.N.-associated body tasked with governing seabed mining while protecting the ocean. Delegates eventually reached a partial compromise on July 28, during the final hours of the meeting.

#stressedecosystem #profitmotive #ecocollapse #seabed #mining #ISA #meeting #Jamaica #UN

Canada calls for a moratorium on #seabed #mining, as a ten-day conference is under way to consider regulations> https://bit.ly/3CzL6tn

Future of #DeepSeaMining hangs in balance as opposition grows

Ireland and Sweden join countries calling for moratorium on extraction of metals from #seabed as #UN-backed authority prepares for crucial talks
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/08/future-of-deep-sea-mining-hangs-in-balance-as-opposition-grows #Environment #Sustainability #ClimateCrisis #EcoSystems #Diversity

This is a polymetallic nodule, about the size of a potato, formed over ~2 millions years at the seabed. This is what the fuss is about. This environment changes incredibly slowly, and the plumes of sediment thrown up by mining would spread and settle on distant seabed. But these ecosystems only form where the natural sediment from above is utterly minuscule. Most of the creatures found with the nodules are singletons - just one of their species. #ocean #seabed #nodule

I don't know but I think we should focus more on thinking through the consequences of things and less on grabbing the first solution that makes some very rich corporation richer!
Deep sea mining might be logical and necessary, but letting an under regulated gold rush just happen can't be the way to do it!
#Commons #Seabed #Mining #DeepSeaMining #environmemt
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/07/gold-rush-deep-sea-devastation-seabed-oceans

" It estimates there is vast mineral wealth embedded in around 7bn tonnes of #PolymetallicNodules sitting on the #seabed within in its territorial waters. Forming over millions of years, the typically black, round potato-sized nodules are rich in #cobalt, #copper, #nickel, and #manganese. "

#CookIslands PM ‘proceeds with caution’ on deep-sea mining as critics warn over risks | #DeepSeaMining | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/07/cook-islands-deep-sea-mining

Today's photo with the most hits (no doubt prompted by the Ocean Gate scandal): Titanic on the sea bed - forward hatches.

The photo was taken in the Titanic Museum, Belfast.

#titanic
#SeaBed #TitanicMuseum #belfast

Scientists have discovered more than 5,000 new species living on the #seabed in an untouched area of the #Pacific #Ocean that has been identified as a future hotspot for #deepsea #mining, according to a review of the environmental surveys done in the area. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/25/more-than-5000-new-species-discovered-in-pacific-deep-sea-mining-hotspot

Researchers have released the first tally of deep ocean animals inhabiting the seabed targeted for strip mining, finding more than 5,000 species — nearly all unknown to science.

#DeepMining #Seabed #Animals

https://gcaptain.com/researchers-detect-5000-species-threatened-by-deep-sea-mining/

An additional 5.4 million square kilometres of new data - equating to an area twice the size of Argentina - has been added to the definitive #map of the world’s #ocean floor, with 24.9 per cent of the #seabed now #mapped.

https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/hsh-prince-albert-ii-monaco-announces-quarter-ocean-now-mapped

"Is it too late to halt deep-sea mining? Meet the activists trying to save the seabed - If mining companies are given the go-ahead to exploit the ocean depths, the environmental cost will be devastating. As the clock ticks down to a crucial deadline in July, Michael Segalov (Guardian) reports"

"For almost 30 years, much of what went on at the secretive-sounding International Seabed Authority (ISA) in Jamaica was unreported and scarcely noticed ... There have been allegations of secrecy and interference against its governing body and of legal loopholes being exploited. After discussions chugged along quietly for decades, a growing community of campaigners, scientists and now governments are raising an urgent alarm about what’s happening within these walls. They argue that unless immediate action is taken, it might be too late to halt the devastating environmental and ecological impact of mining the global high seas. Their warning is simple: humanity’s insatiable appetite to plunder the planet for profit might mean some of the Earth’s most untouched corners are exploited before we even understand what it is we risk losing. As Louisa Casson, who is leading Greenpeace’s global campaign to stop deep-sea mining, puts it: “It’s a threat, continental in scale, that until recently nobody was even talking about ...
Regardless, due to a quirk in an ageing international treaty, deep-sea mining might happen in a matter of months after the pulling of a legal lever by a Canadian-owned company and the government of Nauru."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/21/is-it-too-late-to-halt-deep-sea-mining-the-activists-trying-to-save-the-seabed

#Seabed #SeabedMining #UnderseaMining #Mining #Oceans #Environment #Greenpeace #Aotearoa #NewZealand #Capitalism #Profit #Environmental #Jamaica #ISA #Earth #Minerals #Chile #CostaRica #Ecuador #Spain #France #Canada #Nauru

The second part of the #seabed geomorphology classification scheme is now out!
A great (essential?) resource for anything related to modern (and ancient) #seafloor.
Shoutout to https://twitter.com/mardi_mcneil for the fantastic work compiling the biogenic features chapter.
https://zenodo.org/record/7804019

Godzilla Gets a Forever Home on the Ocean Floor
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https://eos.org/articles/godzilla-gets-a-forever-home-on-the-ocean-floor <-- shared article
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #bathymetry #hydrospatial #marine #godzilla #pacificocean #japan #nautical #charts #GodzillaMegamullionProvince #ocean #seafloor #seabed #megamullion #midoceanridges #geology #tectonics #GodzillaMegamullion #oceaniccorecomplex #structuralgeology #survey

Damage caused by deep-seabed mining would be extensive and irreversible, reveals updated report https://phys.org/news/2023-03-deep-seabed-extensive-irreversible-reveals.html
#seabed #mining

The #British emigrant #ship #Josephine #Willis sank off #Kent near #Folkestone in 1856 while transporting people to #NewZealand. 70 lives were lost, including #Captain #Edward #Canney. The ship lies in 2 parts on the #seabed, 23 metres #deep.

The ship contained a large quantity of exceptionally #rare #ceramics. Many are in pristine condition and are unknown in current #museum collections.

https://bit.ly/3RArmfH

#DivedHer #ShipWreck #Scuba #ScubaDiving #EnglishChannel #Maritime #History

The #British emigrant #ship #Josephine #Willis sank off #Kent near #Folkestone in 1856 while transporting people to #NewZealand. 70 lives were lost, including #Captain #Edward #Canney. The ship lies in 2 parts on the #seabed, 23 metres #deep.

The ship contained a large quantity of exceptionally #rare #ceramics. Many are in pristine condition and are unknown in current #museum collections.

https://bit.ly/3RArmfH

#DivedHer #ShipWreck #Scuba #ScubaDiving #EnglishChannel #Maritime #History

It's World Seagrass Day, 01 March 2023. Join Global Seagrass Observing Network to help research, protect, support and raise awareness of this vital ecosystem. #seagrasswatch #projectseagrass #seagrassmeadows #seagrassspotter #worldseagrassday #globalseagrassobservingnetwork #globalmonitoring #seagrassfutures #seagrass #marinescience #greenseas #seabed #life #ocean #saveourseagrass #saveourseas #oceanlife #water #marine #marinelife #underwater #saveourplanet #worldseagrass