[New Paper] The ISME Journal show that the hot vent Scaly-foot Snail likely uses both maternal transmission + environmental aquisition for its endosymbionts! Also, the snail buffers symbionts from environmental variability across different vents. OPEN ACCESS: nature.com/articles/s4139…

Costa Rica's delegate to the International Seabed Authority, @gina31854903, is telling the ISA Council that deep sea mining should be postponed due to the lack of scientific knowledge of the ocean ecosystems targeted for exploitation. International Seabed Authority #deepseamining

Applications are still open for FIVE at-sea on-board training opportunities provided by #DORD for candidates from developing States, Members of International Seabed Authority. Apply here bit.ly/ISA_DORD_CTP20… by 31 July!

The “Sword of Damocles” hangs over the future of Deep-sea Mining buff.ly/3oqAdm6

On Monday, #ISBA27 opened to address important agenda items about #deepseamining exploitation. In the afternoon, a special session was held to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. Our highlights and images ➡️ enb.iisd.org/assembly-inter…

After a very efficient session, International Seabed Authority Assembly finalized consideration of financial matters, including the budget, and agreed on the Authority’s capacity development strategy, which attracted positive comments from delegates. #deepseamining #ISBA27

Learning about deep sea mining took me to both the Pacific Ocean and to the Caribbean, visiting an offshore exploration ship & the HQ of International Seabed Authority in Jamaica. And months of work. Thanks NYT subscribers for supporting this effort. nytimes.com/2022/08/29/ins…

New on the Observer: The Price We’re Willing to Pay: trade-offs and balance in the deep-sea mining industry buff.ly/3efhj00

"Deep-sea mining may very well present a preferable, even necessary, alternative to terrestrial mining. But, as currently envisioned, it will almost certainly supplement, rather than supplant, terrestrial mining for the foreseeable future."

The Metals Company Subsidiary, NORI, Receives ISA Recommendation to Commence Pilot Nodule Collection Trials in the Clarion Clipperton Zone of the Pacific Ocean buff.ly/3x0pAeM

As member states of the International Seabed Authority debate this week whether deep sea mining should be go forward, I’m re-upping my April 2022 LA Times investigation of the ISA and its conflicts of interest with the seabed mining companies it regulates. latimes.com/politics/story…