Seafloor Mining
The Battle Below
In late September, President Trump declared the U.S. dependence on China for so-called ‘rare earth’ minerals a ‘national emergency’. Those minerals are essential to technology from our phones to our top-level defense weapons. In today’s cover story, Lisa Fletcher takes us on a deep dive, literally, beneath the earth’s surface into the ocean for ‘the battle below.’
The Lawless High Seas May Soon Gain Protections Under a Groundbreaking Ocean Treaty
The high seas are legally defined as waters that don’t fall under any single nation’s exclusive economic zone. That means they technically belong to everyone. It also means they’re hard to protect against activities like fishing or mining because they’re beyond any single nation’s jurisdiction, explained Porter Hoagland, a senior research specialist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
Countries poised to roll out deep sea mining in new ‘gold rush’
quotes Stace Beaulieu
These Fearsome Robots Will Bring Mining to the Deep Ocean
mentions Stace Beaulieu and WHOI
Panel Discusses Deep Sea Mining at AAAS Meeting in Boston
mentions Stace Beaulieu and WHOI
Should we mine the deep ocean?
quotes Stace Beaulieu and mentions WHOI
Why Mine Asteroids When We Can Mine the Deep Sea?
quotes Stace Beaulieu and mentions WHOI
This Canadian Company Wants to Mine for Gold on the Bottom of the Ocean
features Stace Beaulieu and Lauren Mullineaux