Government reaffirms commitment to moratorium on deep sea mining licenses

The UK government has reaffirmed its commitment to a moratorium on the granting of deep sea mining licenses until its impacts are better understood. The post Government reaffirms commitment to moratorium on deep sea mining licenses appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

Just Have a Think - Humans reach a new low. Literally 09072023

Our modern way of life is largely dependent on land-based mining to extract minerals & other raw materials required for construction & for components in many technologies. Some suggest we may not have enough of these materials to see us through the transition away from fossil fuels & that we now need to go down to the deep ocean to extract even more. Others argue that as we have only discovered < 0.001% of the biodiversity at those depths, mining down there might not be such a smart idea