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🆕 Today we are proud to launch the Knowledge Hub — a digital space to learn, share, and celebrate the vital role the deep ocean plays in life on Earth.
The deep sea is vital, mysterious, & vulnerable. The more we know, the better we can protect.
Dive in: wp.me/pfvfE3-XH #DeepDay
The deep sea is vital, mysterious, & vulnerable. The more we know, the better we can protect.
Dive in: wp.me/pfvfE3-XH #DeepDay
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Spilled some coffee today when I realised the #ISA leadership now doing a full-on roadshow to sell the #EU a #DeepSeaMining code… 🤿💰 All this without the science and so many unresolved questions. 📉🌊
Being bullied by the US? That’s not EU leadership. 🐙⚖️🌍 #DefendTheDeep #KeepItInTheSeabed
Being bullied by the US? That’s not EU leadership. 🐙⚖️🌍 #DefendTheDeep #KeepItInTheSeabed
International Seabed Authority chief urges EU to back deep-sea mining rules | Euractiv
Leticia Reis de Carvalho warns high seas at risk without swift agreement
www.euractiv.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Spilled some coffee today when I realised the #ISA leadership now doing a full-on roadshow to sell the #EU a #DeepSeaMining code… 🤿💰 All this without the science and so many unresolved questions. 📉🌊
Being bullied by the US? That’s not EU leadership. 🐙⚖️🌍 #DefendTheDeep #KeepItInTheSeabed
Being bullied by the US? That’s not EU leadership. 🐙⚖️🌍 #DefendTheDeep #KeepItInTheSeabed
Unilateral #DeepSeaMining is about taking what doesn’t belong to you.
The deep seabed belongs to all of us.
The deep seabed belongs to all of us.
February 6, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Unilateral #DeepSeaMining is about taking what doesn’t belong to you.
The deep seabed belongs to all of us.
The deep seabed belongs to all of us.
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DYK? At Pacific hydrothermal vents, a deep-sea worm can turn two poisons into one harmless solid, a toxic pigment, which has been used by painters for centuries. 🎨
Read more: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02771-9
Read more: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02771-9
This deep-sea worm creates a toxic yellow pigment found in Rembrandt and Cézanne paintings
Paralvinella hessleri is the first known animal to create orpiment, which was used by artists for centuries.
www.nature.com
February 4, 2026 at 7:12 PM
DYK? At Pacific hydrothermal vents, a deep-sea worm can turn two poisons into one harmless solid, a toxic pigment, which has been used by painters for centuries. 🎨
Read more: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02771-9
Read more: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02771-9
The High Seas Treaty is now in force.
Launching deep-sea mining would undermine it.
Our new briefing explains why a moratorium at the ISA is essential to protect biodiversity, uphold equity and give real effect to #BBNJ
https://bit.ly/4keEMMK
Launching deep-sea mining would undermine it.
Our new briefing explains why a moratorium at the ISA is essential to protect biodiversity, uphold equity and give real effect to #BBNJ
https://bit.ly/4keEMMK
February 5, 2026 at 10:08 AM
The High Seas Treaty is now in force.
Launching deep-sea mining would undermine it.
Our new briefing explains why a moratorium at the ISA is essential to protect biodiversity, uphold equity and give real effect to #BBNJ
https://bit.ly/4keEMMK
Launching deep-sea mining would undermine it.
Our new briefing explains why a moratorium at the ISA is essential to protect biodiversity, uphold equity and give real effect to #BBNJ
https://bit.ly/4keEMMK
A precautionary pause is needed to protect Africa's ocean future.
In a new op-ed, former Seychellois President James Michel & Dona Bertarelli highlight the scientific, economic & equity risks of rushing into DSM, and why a pause is the responsible path forward.
www.ipsnews.net/2026/02/prot...
In a new op-ed, former Seychellois President James Michel & Dona Bertarelli highlight the scientific, economic & equity risks of rushing into DSM, and why a pause is the responsible path forward.
www.ipsnews.net/2026/02/prot...
Protecting Africa’s Ocean Future and Why a Precautionary Pause on Deep-sea Mining Matters
The world is entering a decisive period for the future of the ocean. With the High Seas Treaty coming into force and meaningful progress being made on the World Trade Organization Agreement on Fisheri...
www.ipsnews.net
February 4, 2026 at 12:42 PM
A precautionary pause is needed to protect Africa's ocean future.
In a new op-ed, former Seychellois President James Michel & Dona Bertarelli highlight the scientific, economic & equity risks of rushing into DSM, and why a pause is the responsible path forward.
www.ipsnews.net/2026/02/prot...
In a new op-ed, former Seychellois President James Michel & Dona Bertarelli highlight the scientific, economic & equity risks of rushing into DSM, and why a pause is the responsible path forward.
www.ipsnews.net/2026/02/prot...
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It is good to see the focus on pension funds investing in #DeepSeaMining in this article. Although some financiers and insurers have excluded deep-sea mining, so far no pension funds have made such a pledge.
www.dw.com/en/the-hidde...
www.dw.com/en/the-hidde...
The hidden money behind deep-sea mining
A DW investigation traces the hidden financial web behind deep-sea mining — an industry scientists say remains poorly understood, yet capable of causing irreversible harm to oceans worldwide.
www.dw.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:25 PM
It is good to see the focus on pension funds investing in #DeepSeaMining in this article. Although some financiers and insurers have excluded deep-sea mining, so far no pension funds have made such a pledge.
www.dw.com/en/the-hidde...
www.dw.com/en/the-hidde...
Giant isopods grow up to 40cm long and are typically found 170—2,100 meters deep in the Indo-Pacific and Western Atlantic Ocean.
Fluttering pleopods help them swim and their slow metabolism helps them survive long periods without food.
#DeepSeaWonders
Fluttering pleopods help them swim and their slow metabolism helps them survive long periods without food.
#DeepSeaWonders
February 2, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Giant isopods grow up to 40cm long and are typically found 170—2,100 meters deep in the Indo-Pacific and Western Atlantic Ocean.
Fluttering pleopods help them swim and their slow metabolism helps them survive long periods without food.
#DeepSeaWonders
Fluttering pleopods help them swim and their slow metabolism helps them survive long periods without food.
#DeepSeaWonders
The deep ocean is essential to life on Earth, yet it remains one of the least understood and most vulnerable parts of our planet.
As destructive fishing practices continue & pressure grows for deep-sea mining, scientists are calling for precaution, protection, and science-based decision-making.
As destructive fishing practices continue & pressure grows for deep-sea mining, scientists are calling for precaution, protection, and science-based decision-making.
January 29, 2026 at 4:10 PM
The deep ocean is essential to life on Earth, yet it remains one of the least understood and most vulnerable parts of our planet.
As destructive fishing practices continue & pressure grows for deep-sea mining, scientists are calling for precaution, protection, and science-based decision-making.
As destructive fishing practices continue & pressure grows for deep-sea mining, scientists are calling for precaution, protection, and science-based decision-making.
The deep sea is at risk.
Pressure to start deep-sea mining is escalating, even through unilateral actions that bypass international law.
A moratorium is the only responsible path forward.
✊ Tell your government to act now: DefendTheDeep.org
Pressure to start deep-sea mining is escalating, even through unilateral actions that bypass international law.
A moratorium is the only responsible path forward.
✊ Tell your government to act now: DefendTheDeep.org
January 28, 2026 at 12:26 PM
The deep sea is at risk.
Pressure to start deep-sea mining is escalating, even through unilateral actions that bypass international law.
A moratorium is the only responsible path forward.
✊ Tell your government to act now: DefendTheDeep.org
Pressure to start deep-sea mining is escalating, even through unilateral actions that bypass international law.
A moratorium is the only responsible path forward.
✊ Tell your government to act now: DefendTheDeep.org
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Deep sea mining is reckless, untested, and threatens the very fabric of island communities. @RepKimKingHinds has it right: “In places like the Marianas, American Samoa, and Guam, we don’t get the luxury of being wrong… There’s no ‘fix it and move it somewhere else.’”
January 24, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Deep sea mining is reckless, untested, and threatens the very fabric of island communities. @RepKimKingHinds has it right: “In places like the Marianas, American Samoa, and Guam, we don’t get the luxury of being wrong… There’s no ‘fix it and move it somewhere else.’”
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“The ocean is not something we talk about in theory: it is how we live, it feeds our family, it holds our history and connects our people to generations before us.” Thank you @RepMoylan. Deep sea mining has NO place in Pacific waters. #DefendTheDeep
January 25, 2026 at 4:07 PM
“The ocean is not something we talk about in theory: it is how we live, it feeds our family, it holds our history and connects our people to generations before us.” Thank you @RepMoylan. Deep sea mining has NO place in Pacific waters. #DefendTheDeep
Deep-sea news alert!
Our round-up brings you top stories from the ocean depths of the past few weeks. Check the images to stay updated. A thread 🧵
#DeepSeaNews
Our round-up brings you top stories from the ocean depths of the past few weeks. Check the images to stay updated. A thread 🧵
#DeepSeaNews
January 27, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Deep-sea news alert!
Our round-up brings you top stories from the ocean depths of the past few weeks. Check the images to stay updated. A thread 🧵
#DeepSeaNews
Our round-up brings you top stories from the ocean depths of the past few weeks. Check the images to stay updated. A thread 🧵
#DeepSeaNews
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Deep-sea mining CEOs testifying on Capitol Hill right now saying U.S. needs to mine the high seas now before China does.
It's not true.
China is waiting for an international frameworks to take shape. America is the one going rogue. And that's driving U.S. allies closer to China. My reporting 👇
It's not true.
China is waiting for an international frameworks to take shape. America is the one going rogue. And that's driving U.S. allies closer to China. My reporting 👇
Trump’s push to mine deep-sea battery metals draws ire from allies
At U.N. talks in Jamaica, allies blasted the U.S. bid to unilaterally mine the high seas. Some made an unusual move to side with America’s economic foe:…
www.canarymedia.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Deep-sea mining CEOs testifying on Capitol Hill right now saying U.S. needs to mine the high seas now before China does.
It's not true.
China is waiting for an international frameworks to take shape. America is the one going rogue. And that's driving U.S. allies closer to China. My reporting 👇
It's not true.
China is waiting for an international frameworks to take shape. America is the one going rogue. And that's driving U.S. allies closer to China. My reporting 👇
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Congress talkin bout deep sea mining today…
January 22, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Congress talkin bout deep sea mining today…
The DSCC condemns TMC's attempt to fast-track deep-sea mining via a unilateral U.S. process.
As governments approach critical decisions at the ISA this year, establishing a global moratorium on this destructive industry is more urgent than ever.
deep-sea-conservation.org/statement-on...
As governments approach critical decisions at the ISA this year, establishing a global moratorium on this destructive industry is more urgent than ever.
deep-sea-conservation.org/statement-on...
Statement on The Metals Company’s application to unilaterally mine international waters via the United States - DSCC
The Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC) strongly condemns The Metals Company’s (TMC) attempt to fast-track deep-sea mining through a unilateral U.S. permitting process in international waters, atte...
deep-sea-conservation.org
January 22, 2026 at 8:07 PM
The DSCC condemns TMC's attempt to fast-track deep-sea mining via a unilateral U.S. process.
As governments approach critical decisions at the ISA this year, establishing a global moratorium on this destructive industry is more urgent than ever.
deep-sea-conservation.org/statement-on...
As governments approach critical decisions at the ISA this year, establishing a global moratorium on this destructive industry is more urgent than ever.
deep-sea-conservation.org/statement-on...
Deep beneath the ocean’s sunlit surface is an extraordinary world where most people never go: the deep sea.
These depths are teeming with life; scientists believe as many as 10 million different species live in the deep sea – a biodiversity as rich as tropical rainforests.
These depths are teeming with life; scientists believe as many as 10 million different species live in the deep sea – a biodiversity as rich as tropical rainforests.
January 22, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Deep beneath the ocean’s sunlit surface is an extraordinary world where most people never go: the deep sea.
These depths are teeming with life; scientists believe as many as 10 million different species live in the deep sea – a biodiversity as rich as tropical rainforests.
These depths are teeming with life; scientists believe as many as 10 million different species live in the deep sea – a biodiversity as rich as tropical rainforests.
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The Trump administration is bending the rules to open up the deep sea to commercial mining for the first time.
Trump is steamrolling global calls for a moratorium on deep-sea mining
It wants to greenlight mining outside of US national jurisdiction.
www.theverge.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:10 PM
The Trump administration is bending the rules to open up the deep sea to commercial mining for the first time.
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Trump to speed permits for deep-sea mining in international waters reut.rs/3Zqekpy
Trump to speed permits for deep-sea mining in international waters
The Trump administration is pressing ahead on Wednesday with an effort to encourage U.S. exploration of the deep sea by accelerating permitting for companies hunting for critical minerals in international waters, a move that is likely to face environmental and legal concerns.
reut.rs
January 21, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Trump to speed permits for deep-sea mining in international waters reut.rs/3Zqekpy
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The Trump administration has issued a new rule to fast-track deep-sea mining in international waters, bringing the US a step closer to unilaterally launching the controversial industry. u.afp.com/SBpo
u.afp.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:45 AM
The Trump administration has issued a new rule to fast-track deep-sea mining in international waters, bringing the US a step closer to unilaterally launching the controversial industry. u.afp.com/SBpo
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Angelo Villagomez highlights concerns over the expedited timeline for public comments on deep-sea mining in the Northern Mariana Islands.
www.nminewsservice.com/villagomez-c...
www.nminewsservice.com/villagomez-c...
Villagomez warns of rushed timeline as deep-sea mining process advances near Marianas
Angelo Villagomez, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, told NMI News Service’s Good Morning Marianas that a federal deep-sea mining push is moving too fast, with public comments due...
www.nminewsservice.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Angelo Villagomez highlights concerns over the expedited timeline for public comments on deep-sea mining in the Northern Mariana Islands.
www.nminewsservice.com/villagomez-c...
www.nminewsservice.com/villagomez-c...
Greenland sharks grow less than 1cm per year, reach sexual maturity at 150 years old and are the slowest sharks in the world.
These deep-sea creatures live to at least 250 years, making them the longest-lived vertebrates on Earth.
#DeepSeaWonders
These deep-sea creatures live to at least 250 years, making them the longest-lived vertebrates on Earth.
#DeepSeaWonders
January 20, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Greenland sharks grow less than 1cm per year, reach sexual maturity at 150 years old and are the slowest sharks in the world.
These deep-sea creatures live to at least 250 years, making them the longest-lived vertebrates on Earth.
#DeepSeaWonders
These deep-sea creatures live to at least 250 years, making them the longest-lived vertebrates on Earth.
#DeepSeaWonders
The #HighSeasTreaty is now in force; implementation is the real test.
Higher standards, precaution, and real protection mean no green light for deep-sea mining or destructive bottom fishing.
As the COP process begins, the deep must be at its center.
#DefendTheDeep
Higher standards, precaution, and real protection mean no green light for deep-sea mining or destructive bottom fishing.
As the COP process begins, the deep must be at its center.
#DefendTheDeep
January 19, 2026 at 10:26 AM
The #HighSeasTreaty is now in force; implementation is the real test.
Higher standards, precaution, and real protection mean no green light for deep-sea mining or destructive bottom fishing.
As the COP process begins, the deep must be at its center.
#DefendTheDeep
Higher standards, precaution, and real protection mean no green light for deep-sea mining or destructive bottom fishing.
As the COP process begins, the deep must be at its center.
#DefendTheDeep
Today, the historic #HighSeasTreaty enters into force.
The majority of the high seas is deep sea.
As the COP process begins, the deep and the threats it faces must be at the center of implementation.
#BBNJ #DefendTheDeep
The majority of the high seas is deep sea.
As the COP process begins, the deep and the threats it faces must be at the center of implementation.
#BBNJ #DefendTheDeep
January 17, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Today, the historic #HighSeasTreaty enters into force.
The majority of the high seas is deep sea.
As the COP process begins, the deep and the threats it faces must be at the center of implementation.
#BBNJ #DefendTheDeep
The majority of the high seas is deep sea.
As the COP process begins, the deep and the threats it faces must be at the center of implementation.
#BBNJ #DefendTheDeep
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🇧🇪 Belgium wants to host the #BBNJ, while supporting deep-sea mining🤯 What a contradiction.
44 NGOs to Belgium: back a precautionary pause. After all, deep-sea mining is the BBNJ treaty's first test
17 EU states have already acted. Belgium, it's your turn
seas-at-risk.org/publications...
44 NGOs to Belgium: back a precautionary pause. After all, deep-sea mining is the BBNJ treaty's first test
17 EU states have already acted. Belgium, it's your turn
seas-at-risk.org/publications...
January 16, 2026 at 9:45 AM
🇧🇪 Belgium wants to host the #BBNJ, while supporting deep-sea mining🤯 What a contradiction.
44 NGOs to Belgium: back a precautionary pause. After all, deep-sea mining is the BBNJ treaty's first test
17 EU states have already acted. Belgium, it's your turn
seas-at-risk.org/publications...
44 NGOs to Belgium: back a precautionary pause. After all, deep-sea mining is the BBNJ treaty's first test
17 EU states have already acted. Belgium, it's your turn
seas-at-risk.org/publications...
The deep ocean is not a resource frontier, it is a life-source.
In our latest Knowledge Hub Q&A, PhD researcher Vilimae Kasanawaqa explains why #DeepSeaMining threatens food security, culture, sovereignty, and human security across the Pacific.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4jI1QDe
In our latest Knowledge Hub Q&A, PhD researcher Vilimae Kasanawaqa explains why #DeepSeaMining threatens food security, culture, sovereignty, and human security across the Pacific.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4jI1QDe
January 15, 2026 at 3:35 PM
The deep ocean is not a resource frontier, it is a life-source.
In our latest Knowledge Hub Q&A, PhD researcher Vilimae Kasanawaqa explains why #DeepSeaMining threatens food security, culture, sovereignty, and human security across the Pacific.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4jI1QDe
In our latest Knowledge Hub Q&A, PhD researcher Vilimae Kasanawaqa explains why #DeepSeaMining threatens food security, culture, sovereignty, and human security across the Pacific.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4jI1QDe