The news that Nauru has triggered the two-year rule, allowing deep-sea mining to begin the in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone within two years regardless of the regulations in place at the time, has fired…
This week we share an interview with ocean lawyer Hannah Lily. A member of DOSI’s Advisory Board, Hannah has been involved with DOSI from the start, and is an active member of the…
Hannah Lily is an expert in ocean law, particularly seabed mining, with 20 years’ professional work experience for governments, NGOs and the private sector – including as a legal advisor to the Pacific Community…
Jurassic Star, Mesobot and a state-of-the-art laboratory. Sound like the plot for an upcoming Hollywood blockbuster? Not quite, but it is surely the next best thing – your DOSI Deep-Sea Round-Up has arrived.…
This week we celebrated World Ocean Day, and amongst all the ocean content was an announcement worth celebrating from IOC-UNESCO of their endorsement of a number of Ocean Decade actions, including Challenger 150,…
The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO formally announced today, World Ocean Day, that it would endorse Challenger 150, a new 10 year programme focused on deep-sea science, as an action of the UN…
Can you believe it’s nearly June, which means World Ocean Day is almost upon us! Where has 2021 gone? In this week’s Deep-Sea Round-Up, we share the news that we will be premiering…
“Science and art are natural friends: one often inspires the other.” What is Song of the Ocean? The Song of the Ocean was written to celebrate the ocean; it bridges science and art…
This week we welcome two new co-leads to the Minerals working group to support DOSI’s efforts in the busy deep-sea mining space. The beautiful Tomopteris artwork that features this week, kindly provided by…
This week in our deep-sea news we introduce a new co-lead to the recently rebranded DOSI Offshore Energy working group. Dr Emilia Bravo is a postdoc at the University of Buenos Aires in…
Two weeks worth of deep-sea content! Highlights include an interview with superstar early career researcher and DOSI Advisory Board member, Maila Guilhon, and a call for applications for a paid position with the…