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DoomsdaysCW<p>Mysterious Unknown <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DeepSeaCreatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeepSeaCreatures</span></a> Discovered on Abyssal Expedition</p><p>By University of Gothenburg June 9, 2024</p><p>"Transparent <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SeaCucumbers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaCucumbers</span></a>, pink sea pigs, and bowl-shaped sponges are some of the fascinating animals discovered during a deep-sea expedition to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AbyssalPlains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbyssalPlains</span></a> in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PacificOcean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PacificOcean</span></a>.</p><p>"A 45-day research expedition to the Clarion Clipperton Zone between Mexico and Hawaii in the eastern Pacific Ocean ended in March. One of the scientists on board the British research vessel James Cook was Thomas Dahlgren, a marine ecologist from the University of Gothenburg and the NORCE research institute.</p><p>[...]</p><p>"Threatened by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mining</span></a></p><p>"The aim of the expedition was to map the biodiversity of the area, where <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DeepSeaMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeepSeaMining</span></a> of rare metals used in solar panels, electric car batteries, and other green technologies is planned. Several countries and companies are waiting for authorization to extract these metals bound to mineral <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nodules" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nodules</span></a> lying on the ocean floor. The scientists want to find out more about how mining could affect the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ecosystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystem</span></a>, register existing species, and find out how the ecosystem is organized.</p><p>“We need to know more about this environment to be able to protect the species living here. Today, 30% of these marine areas in consideration are protected, and we need to know whether this is enough to ensure that these species aren’t at risk of extinction,” says Dahlgren."</p><p><a href="https://scitechdaily.com/mysterious-unknown-deep-sea-creatures-discovered-on-abyssal-expedition/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">scitechdaily.com/mysterious-un</span><span class="invisible">known-deep-sea-creatures-discovered-on-abyssal-expedition/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DeepGreen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeepGreen</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoDeepSeaMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoDeepSeaMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GerardBarron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GerardBarron</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DeepSeaLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeepSeaLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LawOfTheSeaConvention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LawOfTheSeaConvention</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LawOfTheSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LawOfTheSea</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HypocriSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HypocriSea</span></a>: The United States’ Failure to Join the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea</p><p>31.Oct.2019<br>by Will Schrepferman</p><p>"[T]he <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> cannot claim <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> to be in violation of a treaty that it is not a party to. When UNCLOS was initially signed in 1982, the Reagan administration refused to accede based on disagreements regarding deep seabed mining. Despite revisions to the treaty in 1994, the Senate refused to hold hearings on the matter. Although Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana finally held hearings in 2004 and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee unanimously recommended adopting the treaty, no further action was taken by the Senate."</p><p><a href="https://hir.harvard.edu/hypocri-sea-the-united-states-failure-to-join-the-un-convention-on-the-law-of-the-sea-2/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hir.harvard.edu/hypocri-sea-th</span><span class="invisible">e-united-states-failure-to-join-the-un-convention-on-the-law-of-the-sea-2/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LawOfTheSeaConvention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LawOfTheSeaConvention</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LawOfTheSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LawOfTheSea</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UnderseaMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnderseaMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UNConventionLawOfTheSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UNConventionLawOfTheSea</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UNCLOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UNCLOS</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>It boggles the mind that <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nauru" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nauru</span></a> isn't learning from past mistakes. Also, 10,000 people, who will barely profit from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DeepSeaMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeepSeaMining</span></a>, are buying the hype while <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DeepGreen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeepGreen</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GerardBarron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GerardBarron</span></a> disrupts <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DeepSeaLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeepSeaLife</span></a>, possibly permanently! Not good...</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewZealand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewZealand</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Britain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Britain</span></a> had nearly exhausted the viable deposits of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/phosphate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phosphate</span></a> by 1968 when Australia granted Nauru sovereignty, leaving behind one of the world’s worst <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmental</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/disasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disasters</span></a>."</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a>, incompetence and a musical: Nauru’s cursed history</p><p>The once-wealthy island now barely survives on income from Australia’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/detention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>detention</span></a> regime and is pinning its economic hopes on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UnderseaMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnderseaMining</span></a></p><p>Anne Davies and Ben Doherty<br>Mon 3 Sep 2018</p><p>"During the 1990s it transformed into a money-laundering haven selling banking licences and passports, including diplomatic passports, which confer immunity. Customers included the Russian mafia and al-Qaida."<br><a href="https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/04/corruption-incompetence-and-a-musical-naurus-riches-to-rags-tale" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amp.theguardian.com/world/2018</span><span class="invisible">/sep/04/corruption-incompetence-and-a-musical-naurus-riches-to-rags-tale</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoDeepSeaMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoDeepSeaMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Extinction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Extinction</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UNConventionLawOfTheSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UNConventionLawOfTheSea</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LawOfTheSeaConvention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LawOfTheSeaConvention</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UNCLOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UNCLOS</span></a></p>
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