Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution held a Morss Colloquium on "Precious Metals from the Deep Sea" in April 2009. It included public presentations by stakeholders in the seafloor mining debate and a panel discussion with (from left) Caitlyn Antrim, executive director of the Rule of Law Committee for the Oceans; Sabine Christiansen of the World Wildlife Fund; Rod Eggert, director, economics and business, Colorado School of Mines; WHOI marine geochemist Chris German; Nii Odunton, secretary-general of the International Seabead Authority; Samantha Smith, environmental manager of Nautilus Minerals; and WHOI geophysicist Maurice Tivey. (Tom Kleindinst, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)[back]
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