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The Metals Company contracts CSIRO-led consortium to develop environmental monitoring and management plan for deep-sea nodule collection

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The work will form the scientific foundation of TMC’s future Adaptive Management System (AMS), a predictive system that will use environmental and operational data to enable the company to mitigate operational impacts in the deep-sea environment as much as possible. —Gerard Barron, Chairman and CEO of The Metals Company. Earlier post.).

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Rejoice My Tongan Brothers and Sisters! You Will Soon Be Rid of Your Ridiculous Royal Family & You Can Now Save Yourselves

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While inspirational leaders like President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives islands: And President Anote Tong of the island nation of Kiribati -. - And you’re going to have to start preparing for the sea level rise that is already baked into your nation’s future. You needed a solar Tonga project like yesterday.

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The Metals Company and Low Carbon Royalties form strategic partnership

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gross overriding royalty on any future revenue derived from TMC’s NORI area in the Clarion Clipperton Zone of the Pacific Ocean. —Gerard Barron, Chairman and CEO of The Metals Company The world’s transition to a low-carbon future requires a generational change in our energy production and infrastructure.

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DeepGreen lifecycle analysis argues for sourcing EV battery materials from deep-sea polymetallic nodules

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Their removal kills the attached organisms and reduces the surface area available for future attachments. Nodules’ surfaces serve as attachment points for certain organisms and are used for laying eggs and other critical life functions. Suspension of sediment (plumes) at the seabed by nodule-collection machines.

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Devil In The Details: Is Copenhagens 2 ºC Guardrail Obsolete?

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Research on human responses to climate change has so far been largely focused on efforts to mitigate the amount of future emissions, as opposed to adaptive actions. The future will be a testing time.”. —W. In an essay published in the current issue of Environment and Planning A , researchers W.