Julian Jackson
@allatsea.bsky.social
Ocean governance, biodiversity, climate, multilateralism. Work Pew Trusts, all posts my own etc.
#DeepSeaMining🪸⛏️ discharge can disrupt midwater food webs
NEW PAPER
🦑https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-65411-w
NEW PAPER
🦑https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-65411-w
Deep-sea mining discharge can disrupt midwater food webs - Nature Communications
Deep-sea mining in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone may release waste into midwaters that support diverse marine life. This study finds such discharges could dilute key food particles and disrupt trophic l...
www.nature.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:06 AM
#DeepSeaMining🪸⛏️ discharge can disrupt midwater food webs
NEW PAPER
🦑https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-65411-w
NEW PAPER
🦑https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-65411-w
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This December, world leaders will gather in Nairobi for #UNEA7, the world’s highest decision-making forum on the environment.
From climate and biodiversity to pollution and emerging issues such as AI and sustainable resource use, this Q&A unpacks what’s at stake: https://bit.ly/47ugJ6e
From climate and biodiversity to pollution and emerging issues such as AI and sustainable resource use, this Q&A unpacks what’s at stake: https://bit.ly/47ugJ6e
October 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM
This December, world leaders will gather in Nairobi for #UNEA7, the world’s highest decision-making forum on the environment.
From climate and biodiversity to pollution and emerging issues such as AI and sustainable resource use, this Q&A unpacks what’s at stake: https://bit.ly/47ugJ6e
From climate and biodiversity to pollution and emerging issues such as AI and sustainable resource use, this Q&A unpacks what’s at stake: https://bit.ly/47ugJ6e
Love these demonstrations of how terrestrial🌳 and marine realms🦑 are interconnected.
(And we he role of freshwater in making the links! 🏞)
(And we he role of freshwater in making the links! 🏞)
In our new Knowledge Hub blog, Eugenia Thomas explores deep-sea wood falls: sunken forest fragments that host rich seafloor communities, link remote habitats and reveal how land and ocean connect.
Read the blog: https://deep-sea-conservation.org/exploring-the-hidden-forests-of-the-deep/
Read the blog: https://deep-sea-conservation.org/exploring-the-hidden-forests-of-the-deep/
October 27, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Love these demonstrations of how terrestrial🌳 and marine realms🦑 are interconnected.
(And we he role of freshwater in making the links! 🏞)
(And we he role of freshwater in making the links! 🏞)
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A new study indicates that deep-sea mining could threaten at least 30 species of sharks, rays and chimaeras, many of which are already at risk of extinction.
Mining the deep-sea could further threaten endangered sharks and rays
New research has found that deep-sea mining in international waters could threaten at least 30 species of sharks, rays and chimaeras — many of which are already at risk of extinction. Chondrichthyes,…
news.mongabay.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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🚨Highlight from #UNGA: Antigua & Barbuda are the 39th nation to call for a moratorium on #DeepSeaMining.
Prime Minister Browne: "No one should mortgage the ocean floor to pay short-term bills."
Who will be the 40th to join this global movement and stand up for the ocean? #DefendTheDeep
Prime Minister Browne: "No one should mortgage the ocean floor to pay short-term bills."
Who will be the 40th to join this global movement and stand up for the ocean? #DefendTheDeep
October 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
🚨Highlight from #UNGA: Antigua & Barbuda are the 39th nation to call for a moratorium on #DeepSeaMining.
Prime Minister Browne: "No one should mortgage the ocean floor to pay short-term bills."
Who will be the 40th to join this global movement and stand up for the ocean? #DefendTheDeep
Prime Minister Browne: "No one should mortgage the ocean floor to pay short-term bills."
Who will be the 40th to join this global movement and stand up for the ocean? #DefendTheDeep
A moratorium⏸️ on #DeepSeaMining🪸⛏️ would provide the necessary time and space for nations to effectively coordinate, uphold their legal obligations and honour commitments to safeguard the ocean, its biodiversity and its resources for current and future generations.
🦑 www.rsgs.org/blog/deep-se...
🦑 www.rsgs.org/blog/deep-se...
Deep-Sea mining and ocean protection
Director of the Seabed Mining Project Julian Jackson looks at growing international efforts to protect the ocean, recent developments at the UN Ocean Conference, and the mounting debate over whether d...
www.rsgs.org
October 7, 2025 at 9:16 AM
A moratorium⏸️ on #DeepSeaMining🪸⛏️ would provide the necessary time and space for nations to effectively coordinate, uphold their legal obligations and honour commitments to safeguard the ocean, its biodiversity and its resources for current and future generations.
🦑 www.rsgs.org/blog/deep-se...
🦑 www.rsgs.org/blog/deep-se...
H.E. President Boakai of Liberia, on ocean protection at #UNGA:
"Deep-sea mining threatens the ocean floor before we even understand what lives there"
🦑https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/africa-is-leading-way-protecting-ocean-now-world-must-follow--ecmii-2025-09-30/
"Deep-sea mining threatens the ocean floor before we even understand what lives there"
🦑https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/africa-is-leading-way-protecting-ocean-now-world-must-follow--ecmii-2025-09-30/
Africa is leading the way on protecting the ocean. Now the world must follow
The high sea waters off West Africa may seem remote to people reading this in London or New York. But these waters can impact the very weather patterns that determine whether crops grow in British fields or storms crash into the eastern seaboard of the U.S. They provide oxygen for every breath we take.
www.reuters.com
October 1, 2025 at 9:38 AM
H.E. President Boakai of Liberia, on ocean protection at #UNGA:
"Deep-sea mining threatens the ocean floor before we even understand what lives there"
🦑https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/africa-is-leading-way-protecting-ocean-now-world-must-follow--ecmii-2025-09-30/
"Deep-sea mining threatens the ocean floor before we even understand what lives there"
🦑https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/africa-is-leading-way-protecting-ocean-now-world-must-follow--ecmii-2025-09-30/
Listen up its @profcallum.bsky.social on the soon-to-enter-into-force BBNJ (or High Seas)Treaty
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PODCAST:
www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/int...
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PODCAST:
www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/int...
High Seas Treaty to become international law
We'll sea if any more countries ratify...
www.thenakedscientists.com
September 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Listen up its @profcallum.bsky.social on the soon-to-enter-into-force BBNJ (or High Seas)Treaty
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PODCAST:
www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/int...
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PODCAST:
www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/int...
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Perfect Friday commute viewing🚌:
18min documentary on polymetallic nodules and the risks associated with mining the deep ocean:
#DeepSeaMining 🪸⛏️
#Marinescience 🦑
#scicom 🥼
📺: youtu.be/1jcmfjDtS1Q?...
18min documentary on polymetallic nodules and the risks associated with mining the deep ocean:
#DeepSeaMining 🪸⛏️
#Marinescience 🦑
#scicom 🥼
📺: youtu.be/1jcmfjDtS1Q?...
Nodules: Deep-Sea Life Giver or Key to Our Energy Future?
YouTube video by Scientific American
youtu.be
September 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Perfect Friday commute viewing🚌:
18min documentary on polymetallic nodules and the risks associated with mining the deep ocean:
#DeepSeaMining 🪸⛏️
#Marinescience 🦑
#scicom 🥼
📺: youtu.be/1jcmfjDtS1Q?...
18min documentary on polymetallic nodules and the risks associated with mining the deep ocean:
#DeepSeaMining 🪸⛏️
#Marinescience 🦑
#scicom 🥼
📺: youtu.be/1jcmfjDtS1Q?...
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Can you help me get to 10,000 views on our @sciam.bsky.social short film about the clash of scientists and corporations in the deep sea? 🪸
This would make our funder @pulitzercenter.org very happy. ☺️
It’s free to watch now on YouTube. We are half way to our goal! 📈
youtu.be/1jcmfjDtS1Q?...
This would make our funder @pulitzercenter.org very happy. ☺️
It’s free to watch now on YouTube. We are half way to our goal! 📈
youtu.be/1jcmfjDtS1Q?...
Nodules: Deep-Sea Life Giver or Key to Our Energy Future?
YouTube video by Scientific American
youtu.be
September 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Can you help me get to 10,000 views on our @sciam.bsky.social short film about the clash of scientists and corporations in the deep sea? 🪸
This would make our funder @pulitzercenter.org very happy. ☺️
It’s free to watch now on YouTube. We are half way to our goal! 📈
youtu.be/1jcmfjDtS1Q?...
This would make our funder @pulitzercenter.org very happy. ☺️
It’s free to watch now on YouTube. We are half way to our goal! 📈
youtu.be/1jcmfjDtS1Q?...
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More than 3 million people tuned into @schmidtocean.bsky.social’s expedition livestream off the coast of Argentina, sparking a dialogue about the value of scientific exploration. Watch the footage here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTLt...
Celebrating the Deep | Underwater Oases of the Mar Del Plata Canyon
YouTube video by Schmidt Ocean
www.youtube.com
September 4, 2025 at 1:42 PM
More than 3 million people tuned into @schmidtocean.bsky.social’s expedition livestream off the coast of Argentina, sparking a dialogue about the value of scientific exploration. Watch the footage here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTLt...
Perfect Friday commute viewing🚌:
18min documentary on polymetallic nodules and the risks associated with mining the deep ocean:
#DeepSeaMining 🪸⛏️
#Marinescience 🦑
#scicom 🥼
📺: youtu.be/1jcmfjDtS1Q?...
18min documentary on polymetallic nodules and the risks associated with mining the deep ocean:
#DeepSeaMining 🪸⛏️
#Marinescience 🦑
#scicom 🥼
📺: youtu.be/1jcmfjDtS1Q?...
Nodules: Deep-Sea Life Giver or Key to Our Energy Future?
YouTube video by Scientific American
youtu.be
September 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Perfect Friday commute viewing🚌:
18min documentary on polymetallic nodules and the risks associated with mining the deep ocean:
#DeepSeaMining 🪸⛏️
#Marinescience 🦑
#scicom 🥼
📺: youtu.be/1jcmfjDtS1Q?...
18min documentary on polymetallic nodules and the risks associated with mining the deep ocean:
#DeepSeaMining 🪸⛏️
#Marinescience 🦑
#scicom 🥼
📺: youtu.be/1jcmfjDtS1Q?...
Two areas being targeted for #DeepSeaMining🪸⛏ in the Pacific Ocean are home to dolphins and threatened whales, a new scientific survey reveals.
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🦑https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/06/25/greenpeace-survey-finds-beautiful-and-vulnerable-whale-species-in-areas-marked-for-deep-se
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🦑https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/06/25/greenpeace-survey-finds-beautiful-and-vulnerable-whale-species-in-areas-marked-for-deep-se
Threatened whale species found in areas earmarked for deep sea mining
Vulnerable marine life is getting caught in the crosshairs of our electrifying world, the new study suggests.
www.euronews.com
July 17, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Two areas being targeted for #DeepSeaMining🪸⛏ in the Pacific Ocean are home to dolphins and threatened whales, a new scientific survey reveals.
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🦑https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/06/25/greenpeace-survey-finds-beautiful-and-vulnerable-whale-species-in-areas-marked-for-deep-se
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🦑https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/06/25/greenpeace-survey-finds-beautiful-and-vulnerable-whale-species-in-areas-marked-for-deep-se
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This is a bit of an older story, but since today is the international fight IUU fishing day (though that should be every day) this seemed appropriate to share.
Some of these guys haven’t seen land in 10 years!!
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/w...
Some of these guys haven’t seen land in 10 years!!
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/w...
On Chinese Tuna Boats, North Koreans Trawl for Cash for Kim Jong-un
www.nytimes.com
June 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
This is a bit of an older story, but since today is the international fight IUU fishing day (though that should be every day) this seemed appropriate to share.
Some of these guys haven’t seen land in 10 years!!
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/w...
Some of these guys haven’t seen land in 10 years!!
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/w...
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BREAKING 📢 The Government's own MPs and many others across parties call for a BAN on destructive bottom-trawl fishing in offshore marine protected areas🪸
This intervention from the Environmental Audit Committee shows that pressure is building 💥💥💥
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This intervention from the Environmental Audit Committee shows that pressure is building 💥💥💥
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK MPs call for ban on bottom trawling in protected marine areas
Environment committee also wants to outlaw dredging and mining due to destructive effects on seabed and marine life
www.theguardian.com
June 5, 2025 at 7:50 AM
BREAKING 📢 The Government's own MPs and many others across parties call for a BAN on destructive bottom-trawl fishing in offshore marine protected areas🪸
This intervention from the Environmental Audit Committee shows that pressure is building 💥💥💥
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This intervention from the Environmental Audit Committee shows that pressure is building 💥💥💥
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, the percentage of species fished beyond the sustainable limit stands at nearly 40 per cent and continues to grow.
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observer.co.uk/news/oceans/...
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observer.co.uk/news/oceans/...
It’s not too late to save our blue planet | The Observer
At the UN Ocean Conference, governments should honour their conservation commitments
observer.co.uk
June 4, 2025 at 7:08 PM
According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, the percentage of species fished beyond the sustainable limit stands at nearly 40 per cent and continues to grow.
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observer.co.uk/news/oceans/...
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observer.co.uk/news/oceans/...
New Caledonia Approves 50-Year Moratorium on Deep-Seabed Mining
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www.pew-bertarelli-ocean-legacy.org/en/home/rese...
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www.pew-bertarelli-ocean-legacy.org/en/home/rese...
New Caledonia Approves 50-Year Moratorium on Deep-Seabed Mining
In the ocean depths off the South Pacific archipelago of New Caledonia, a vast array of marine species thrive in ecosystems found nowhere else. Deep-sea areas—200 meters (656 feet) or more below the o...
www.pew-bertarelli-ocean-legacy.org
May 30, 2025 at 2:11 PM
New Caledonia Approves 50-Year Moratorium on Deep-Seabed Mining
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www.pew-bertarelli-ocean-legacy.org/en/home/rese...
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www.pew-bertarelli-ocean-legacy.org/en/home/rese...
Article II 3/2025 - DEEP SEA MINING THREATENS OCEAN HEALTH AND FISHERIES
v4.infofish.org
May 23, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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#HighSeasTreaty News: Costa Rica 🇨🇷 is the latest country to officially ratify the #BBNJ Treaty at the United Nations taking us closer to the goal of 60 ratifications by #UNOC3 🌊
Follow progress & urge more nations to join the #RaceForRatification 👇 highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratif...
Follow progress & urge more nations to join the #RaceForRatification 👇 highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratif...
May 23, 2025 at 8:37 AM
#HighSeasTreaty News: Costa Rica 🇨🇷 is the latest country to officially ratify the #BBNJ Treaty at the United Nations taking us closer to the goal of 60 ratifications by #UNOC3 🌊
Follow progress & urge more nations to join the #RaceForRatification 👇 highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratif...
Follow progress & urge more nations to join the #RaceForRatification 👇 highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratif...
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Well-researched and accessible explainer about the politics of #DeepSeaMining🪸⛏️ -and why this is an unnecessary threat to marine life🦑
🙏 take the time (1hr) to watch it all and SHARE widely
youtu.be/TacQgNeoPMM?...
🙏 take the time (1hr) to watch it all and SHARE widely
youtu.be/TacQgNeoPMM?...
The $16 TRILLION Race to Mine the Ocean
YouTube video by Johnny Harris
youtu.be
May 19, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Well-researched and accessible explainer about the politics of #DeepSeaMining🪸⛏️ -and why this is an unnecessary threat to marine life🦑
🙏 take the time (1hr) to watch it all and SHARE widely
youtu.be/TacQgNeoPMM?...
🙏 take the time (1hr) to watch it all and SHARE widely
youtu.be/TacQgNeoPMM?...
Well-researched and accessible explainer about the politics of #DeepSeaMining🪸⛏️ -and why this is an unnecessary threat to marine life🦑
🙏 take the time (1hr) to watch it all and SHARE widely
youtu.be/TacQgNeoPMM?...
🙏 take the time (1hr) to watch it all and SHARE widely
youtu.be/TacQgNeoPMM?...
The $16 TRILLION Race to Mine the Ocean
YouTube video by Johnny Harris
youtu.be
May 19, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Well-researched and accessible explainer about the politics of #DeepSeaMining🪸⛏️ -and why this is an unnecessary threat to marine life🦑
🙏 take the time (1hr) to watch it all and SHARE widely
youtu.be/TacQgNeoPMM?...
🙏 take the time (1hr) to watch it all and SHARE widely
youtu.be/TacQgNeoPMM?...
Reposted by Julian Jackson
Yellowfin tuna (fifth most fished species globally) gets half its food from the mesopelagic/twilight zone (200-1000m depth), with some getting up to 94%.
With calls to start fishing in these zones, this study notes the major effect this could have on tuna & their diets. news.mit.edu/2025/deep-di...
With calls to start fishing in these zones, this study notes the major effect this could have on tuna & their diets. news.mit.edu/2025/deep-di...
Deep-dive dinners are the norm for tuna and swordfish, MIT oceanographers find
MIT oceanographers discovered big fish like tuna and swordfish get a large fraction of their food from the ocean’s twilight zone — a cold, dark layer about half a mile below the surface.
news.mit.edu
May 12, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Yellowfin tuna (fifth most fished species globally) gets half its food from the mesopelagic/twilight zone (200-1000m depth), with some getting up to 94%.
With calls to start fishing in these zones, this study notes the major effect this could have on tuna & their diets. news.mit.edu/2025/deep-di...
With calls to start fishing in these zones, this study notes the major effect this could have on tuna & their diets. news.mit.edu/2025/deep-di...
Trump library?
The gift is bad enough on its own, but can we talk about how insane it is to use a foreign-gifted jet as *Air Force One*
Air Force One has a lot of capability that a luxury jet simply doesn’t, and that’s before we even consider the obvious spying/bugging/security concerns.
Air Force One has a lot of capability that a luxury jet simply doesn’t, and that’s before we even consider the obvious spying/bugging/security concerns.
May 12, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Trump library?
Important paper outlining role of the biological carbon pump, #BCP linking protection of #MarineLife🦑 with the #ClimateAction
(This is what really worries me)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
(This is what really worries me)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Global distribution, quantification and valuation of the biological carbon pump - Nature Climate Change
This study quantifies and values the carbon stored in the ocean due to biological processes. With uptake in the order of 2.8 Gt per year, valued at around US$1 trillion annually (at a carbon price of ...
www.nature.com
May 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Important paper outlining role of the biological carbon pump, #BCP linking protection of #MarineLife🦑 with the #ClimateAction
(This is what really worries me)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
(This is what really worries me)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...