On This Week in #Water:
• A way that acid rain could reign again
• A push in the U.S. to go #nuclear
• A secret plan to start #seabed mining in the Pacific and circumvent a UN treaty
• A #tree that likes getting struck by #lightning
Details and facts> https://h2oradio.org/this-week-in-water/making-acid-rain-great-again #climate
A company was secretly discussing a plan with the Trump administration to start #seabed #mining in the Pacific and circumvent a UN treaty> https://h2oradio.org/this-week-in-water/making-acid-rain-great-again
The #seabed disturbance from #trenching and #turbine foundations could destroy essential #SpawningGrounds for #herring and #SandEels, further destabilising the fragile marine #FoodWeb.
Another one of those "the US has never ratified the treaty".
"Canadian company in negotiations with Trump to mine seabed"
Bottom trawling in European waters costs society up to €11bn a year, new study finds.
A first-of-its-kind study released today found that this cost is largely due to carbon dioxide emissions from disturbed sediments on the seafloor.
The study is the first to measure the full economic cost of bottom trawling in European waters - including the EU, UK, Norway and Iceland.
Core samples from Greenland's seabed provide first historical overview of plastic pollution https://phys.org/news/2025-03-core-samples-greenland-seabed-historical.html
Sabotage on the seabed: How can Europe protect itself?
Several recent submarine data-cable breaks in the Baltic Sea have exposed the vulnerability of critical underwater infrastructure. Russia is suspected of having been involved in the damage.
Europe is ill-prepared for such attacks in the future.
Sabotage on the seabed: How can Europe protect itself?
Several recent submarine data-cable breaks in the Baltic Sea have exposed the vulnerability of critical underwater infrastructure. Russia is suspected of having been involved in the damage.
Europe is ill-prepared for such attacks in the future.
Sabotage on the seabed: How can Europe protect itself?
Several recent submarine data-cable breaks in the Baltic Sea have exposed the vulnerability of critical underwater infrastructure. Russia is suspected of having been involved in the damage.
Europe is ill-prepared for such attacks in the future.
As countries scramble for minerals, the #seabed beckons. Will mining it be a disaster? – visual explainer - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2025/mar/12/as-countries-scramble-for-minerals-the-seabed-beckons-will-mining-it-be-a-disaster-visual-explainer well obvs...
Earth's hidden #carbon_recyclers: #Sulfur_bacteria team up to break down #organic substances in the #seabed.
#mightymicrobes #Sulfate-reducing_bacteria #Desulfobacteraceae #metabolism #biogeochemistry #global_carbon_cycle #genomics
https://phys.org/news/2025-03-earth-hidden-carbon-recyclers-sulfur.html
Ukraine Daily summary - Monday, March 3 2025
Norwegian fuel supplier halts sales to US Navy over Trump-Zelensky dispute, citing 'moral compass' -- Kremlin says perceived US foreign policy shift aligns with its vision -- Elon Musk publicly supports call for US to exit NATO, UN -- UK to provide Ukraine with $2 billion for air defense -- and morehttps://writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/Ukraine%20Daily%20summary%20-%20%20Monday,%20March%203%202025/
Seismometers Reveal Earth's Longest-Runout Undersea Sediment Flows In Unprecedented Detail
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https://phys.org/news/2025-02-seismometers-reveal-earth-longest-runout.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02137-z <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2024.109350 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-022-01017-x <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #Congo #CongoChannel #bathymetry #seismometers #monitoring #sediment #flow #submarine #massmovement #canyon #infrastructure #pipes #cables #engineeringgeology #geology #model #current #debrisflow #bathymetric #Africa #offshore #coast #coastal #river #WestAfrica #instrumentation #acoustic #doppler #moorings #turbidity #thalweg #morphology #landslides #stratigraphy #seismic #turbiditycurrent #flow #gradient #slope #erosion #risk #hazard #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #seabed
Illegal seabed dredging surges as Indonesia resumes sand exports https://news.mongabay.com/2025/02/sea-sand-dredging-indonesia-fisheries-export-marine-ecosystem-singapore/
German FM warns of Russian shadow fleet amid undersea cable incidents
Almost every month ships are damaging important undersea cables in the #Baltic Sea, Baerbock said
She described suspicious activities by ship crews, including dropping #anchors & dragging them on seabed for kilometers without explanation
They lower anchors & drag them across the #seabed for no reason
She expressed doubt the incidents are #coincidence
@yahoonews.bsky.social
( ed: Gentlemen start your deep sea mining engines and please stay away Muscovy feet 
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Japan 
finds massive rare metals deposits worth $26,290,800,000 
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Ep 11-21-2024
#rareearths #mining poor #seabed
https://www.yahoo.com/news/japan-finds-massive-rare-metals-213543622.html
Intensive fishing on the seabed increases the release of carbon, researchers find #sea #seabed #AnimalRights #marinelife #fish #fishing https://phys.org/news/2024-10-intensive-fishing-seabed-carbon.html
Greg Cocks 
