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Diversity and connectivity of bacterial communities in polymetallic nodule-rich abyssal plains (Eastern Tropical Pacific)

Frontiers in Marine Science
Polymetallic nodules of the abyssal seafloor are considered potential resources of nickel, cobalt, copper, as well as rare earth elements. The Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone (CCZ) hosts potential nodule mining sites licensed to several contractors for ...
Batuhan Cagri Yapan, Batuhan Cagri Yapan, Felix Janssen, Felix Janssen, Antje Boetius, Antje Boetius, Antje Boetius, Matthias Haeckel, Massimiliano Molari, Massimiliano Molari   +9 more
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The UN convention on the law of the sea: an inefficient public good supplied by an inefficient organization [PDF]

, 2009
The Convention on the Law of the Sea is the still controversial outcome of the longest and perhaps most expensive international conference of the century.
Foders, Federico
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Evaluation of Deep Learning Models for Polymetallic Nodule Detection and Segmentation in Seafloor Imagery

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
Climate change has led to the need to transition to clean technologies, which depend on an number of critical metals. These metals, such as nickel, lithium, and manganese, are essential for developing batteries.
Gabriel Loureiro, André Dias, José Almeida, Alfredo Martins, Eduardo Silva   +4 more
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Morphological Reconstruction Based on Optical Images for the Seabed Semi-Buried Polymetallic Nodules: A Fusion Model of Elliptic Approximation and Contour Interweaving Methods

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
Polymetallic nodules enriched in Mn, Ni, Cu, Co, and other metals may be one of the first seabed mineral resources to be exploited. Although optical imagery is crucial for resource evaluation, semi-buried nodules are frequently overlooked.
Xiang Meng, Kehong Yang, Mingwei Wang, Qian Yu, Jihong Shang, Ziyin Wu   +5 more
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The UN convention on the law of the sea: an inefficient public good supplied by an inefficient organization [PDF]

The Convention on the Law of the Sea is the still controversial outcome of the longest and perhaps most expensive international conference of the century.
Foders, Federico
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Polymetallic mineralisation in Carboniferous rocks at Hilderston, near Bathgate, central Scotland [PDF]

, 1983
Five boreholes in the vicinity of the ancient Ag-Ni-Pb mine at Hilderston, near Bathgate have yielded new stratigraphic, mineralogical and geochemical information.
Fortey, N.J., Gallagher, M.J., Stephenson, D.   +2 more
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Scientific cooperation in the South China Sea: another lever for China? [PDF]

Overview Security issues in the South China Sea are often studied, whereas analysis of scientific cooperation in those waters is rare, thinly spread and short. This paper looks at shared priorities, China\u27s leading role in launching scientific ...
Sophie Boisseau du Rocher
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Impact of the Mining Process on the Near-Seabed Environment of a Polymetallic Nodule Area: A Field Simulation Experiment in a Western Pacific Area. [PDF]

Sensors (Basel), 2023
Li B, Jia Y, Fan Z, Li K, Shi X.
europepmc   +1 more source

Megabenthic ecology of abyssal polymetallic nodule fields

, 2019
Abyssal polymetallic nodule fields constitute an unusual deep-sea habitat. The mix of soft sediment and the hard substratum provided by nodules increases the complexity of these environments, and is thought to promote the occurrence of some of the most biologically diverse seafloor assemblages in the abyss.
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Threatened by mining, polymetallic nodules are required to preserve abyssal epifauna. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2016
Vanreusel A, Hilario A, Ribeiro PA, Menot L, Arbizu PM.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source