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11. Environmental Risks of Deep-sea Mining

verfasst von : Philip P. E. Weaver, David S. M. Billett, Cindy L. Van Dover

Erschienen in: Handbook on Marine Environment Protection

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The mining of the deep-sea for minerals has been on the horizon for many years with interest increasing rapidly since 2010 following the application for, and approval of, many new contracts for exploration in international waters. Some contracts for exploitation have been granted in national waters with mining expected in the next few years. These activities will impact ecosystems that have not been affected by man’s influence before, and many of them are poorly understood due to their remoteness and complexity. This paper describes the likely impacts for mining the three main deep-sea minerals—manganese nodules, cobalt crusts and polymetallic sulphides and briefly looks at possible mitigation measures.

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Titel: Environmental Risks of Deep-sea Mining
verfasst von: Philip P. E. Weaver
David S. M. Billett
Cindy L. Van Dover
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Buch: Handbook on Marine Environment Protection
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-60154-0

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-60156-4

Copyright-Jahr: 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60156-4_11