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Heavy-Metal-Resistant Microorganisms in Deep-Sea Sediments Disturbed by Mining Activity: An Application Toward the Development of Experimental in vitro Systems

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019
Future mining of polymetallic nodules in the Clarion Clipperton Zone (Northeastern Pacific) is expected to affect all benthic ecosystems. The diversity, distribution, and environmental functions of microorganisms inhabiting abyssal sediments are barely ...
Benjamin Gillard, Benjamin Gillard, Damianos Chatzievangelou, Laurenz Thomsen, Matthias S. Ullrich   +4 more
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Meiofauna in a Potential Deep-Sea Mining Area—Influence of Temporal and Spatial Variability on Small-Scale Abundance Models

Diversity, 2020
In large areas of the Clarion Clipperton Fracture Zone (northeast Pacific), exploration of deep-sea polymetallic nodules as a potential source of high-technology metals is ongoing. Deep-sea mining may have a severe impact on the benthic communities. Here,
Katja Uhlenkott, Annemiek Vink, Thomas Kuhn, Benjamin Gillard, Pedro Martínez Arbizu   +4 more
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Brine Pool Microbes Enrich Metalliferous Sediments in Salt Giant Basins

AGU Advances, Volume 7, Issue 6, September 2026.
Abstract We report the discovery of an extinct deep‐sea brine pool in the Red Sea's Hume Deep, providing evidence that rift‐shoulder pools are ephemeral on millennial timescales, and that the microbially‐enriched metalliferous deposits produced during the pool's active phase persist into the stratigraphic record.
Morgan I. Chakraborty, Hannah Shernisky, Clément G. L. Pollier, Amanda M. Oehlert, Arash Sharifi, Ali Pourmand, Bolton J. Howes, Benjamin Minch, Mohammad Moniruzzaman, Larissa Frühe, Mattie Rodrigue, Sam J. Purkis   +11 more
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Cautionary Tales for Science‐Based Policy in Deep‐Sea Mining Governance

Global Policy, Volume 17, Issue 4, Page 764-772, September 2026.
ABSTRACT This article examines how low‐certainty scientific claims permeate high‐stakes policy debates before rigorous validation. Using deep‐sea mining governance as a focal domain, the study traces high‐visibility narratives, including the “dark oxygen” hypothesis, radioactive risks of polymetallic nodules, projected impacts of sediment plume ...
Lucía Villar‐Muñoz
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Hydrothermal Manganese‐Oxide Mineralization of a Carbonate Ooze, Samoan Hotspot Region, South Pacific Ocean

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, Volume 27, Issue 8, August 2026.
Abstract Low‐temperature hydrothermal manganese oxides occur throughout the global oceans. However, the hydrothermal replacement of a carbonate ooze by manganese oxides is described here for the first time. The 24 samples dredged from three locations around the Territory of American Samoa in the South Pacific Ocean include six samples with remnant ...
James R. Hein, Amy Gartman, Kira Mizell, Mark Baskaran, Anthony Koppers, Hubert Staudigel   +5 more
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Microbacterium profundi sp. nov., isolated from deep-sea sediment of polymetallic nodule environments [PDF]

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, 2008
A Gram-positive, aerobic, neutrophilic and rod-shaped bacterium, strain Shh49(T), was isolated from a deep-sea sediment sample collected from the East Pacific polymetallic nodule region. The strain was able to grow within a temperature range of 4-35 degrees C and tolerated up to 7.5 % (w/v) NaCl.
Yue-Hong, Wu, Min, Wu, Chun-Sheng, Wang, Xiao-Gu, Wang, Jun-Yi, Yang, Aharon, Oren, Xue-Wei, Xu   +6 more
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Hybrid Mining of Rare-Earth Elements-Rich Mud and Polymetallic Nodules by Air-Lift Pump in Deep Sea around Minamitorishima Island

Journal of MMIJ
REE-rich mud and polymetallic nodules located under the seabed at water depth of 5500–5700 m around Minamitorishima island are highly attractive for exploration and development, given the recent paradigm shift towards renewable energies based on green ...
Yoshiyuki SHIMIZU, Masatoshi SUGIHARA, Yutaro TAKAYA, Koichiro FUJINAGA, Kentaro NAKAMURA, Yasuhiro KATO   +5 more
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Mars Alteration on Earth: A Spectroscopic Study of Hydrated Silica and Biomarker Preservation in La Palma Lava Tubes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, Volume 131, Issue 8, August 2026.
Abstract Volcanic tubes provide stable environments where unique mineralogical assemblages can form and be preserved, making them valuable terrestrial analogs for Martian studies. This work investigates tree‐like structures within two lava tubes on La Palma Island (Canary Islands, Spain) through a comprehensive geochemical and mineralogical ...
F. Alberquilla, J. Aramendia, I. Martínez‐Arkarazo, G. Gorla, L. Coloma, G. Arana, A. Gonzalez, R. Gisbert, P. Cobiella, M. Perestelo, J. M. Madariaga   +10 more
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Along the Benthic to Holoplanktonic Continuum: Seafloor Affinity Increases Distance‐Decay Rates Among Abyssal Communities

Global Ecology and Biogeography, Volume 35, Issue 8, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Aim Marine species ranges are often large, contributing to relatively high community similarity over space, with decreased ranges expected among taxa that have lower dispersal and/or higher substrate requirements. We tested for a weakening of biogeographic structuring among dispersing abyssal taxa along the benthic to holoplanktonic habitat ...
Gabrielle N. Ellis, Oliver Kersten, Eric Vetter, Craig R. Smith, Jeffrey C. Drazen, Erica Goetze   +5 more
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Abundant interactions and feedbacks between aquatic deoxygenation and the other planetary boundaries suggest “unsafe” levels of oxygen loss with far‐reaching impacts

Limnology and Oceanography, Volume 71, Issue 7, July 2026.
Abstract Oxygen is critical for nearly all life on Earth, including aquatic species that breathe dissolved oxygen in both freshwater and marine systems. The rapid, global, and anthropogenic loss of dissolved oxygen known as “aquatic deoxygenation” threatens life in these environments, the human communities that depend on them, and Earth system ...
Erica M. Ferrer, Yassir A. Eddebbar, Shailja Gangrade, Lillian R. McCormick, Ariel K. Pezner, De'Marcus Robinson, Véronique Garçon, Kevin C. Rose, Lisa A. Levin   +8 more
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