Deep seabed mining lacks social legitimacy

A Jaeckel; H Harden-Davies; DJ Amon; der Grient J van; Q Hanich; Leeuwen J van; HJ Niner; Katherine Seto

doi:10.1038/s44183-023-00009-7

Deep seabed mining lacks social legitimacy

A Jaeckel^*
, H Harden-Davies
, DJ Amon
, der Grient J van
, Q Hanich
, Leeuwen J van
, HJ Niner
, Katherine Seto

^*Corresponding author for this work

University of Wollongong
University of Edinburgh
SpeSeas
University of California at Santa Barbara
South Atlantic Environmental Research Institute (SAERI), Stanley, Falkland Islands
Wageningen University & Research
University of California at Santa Cruz

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Introduction
The technology to mine the ocean floor for valuable minerals such as copper, nickel, and cobalt is currently being developed. Scientists have warned repeatedly about potentially serious and irreversible environmental impacts from deep seabed mining (DSM), including but not limited to: removal and destruction of sensitive and poorly known seafloor habitats and species; metal-contaminated and fine-particle sediment plumes that can impact benthic and pelagic fauna; changes to water properties; and increases in noise and light1,2. What remains to be substantially debated are the social impacts of DSM.

Original language	English
Article number	1
Journal	npj Ocean Sustainability
Volume	2
Issue number	1
Early online date	9 Feb 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-023-00009-7
Publication status	Published - 9 Feb 2023

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