Our heavy dependence on mineral resources presents humanity with some difficult challenges related to sustainability, including how to cope with finite supplies and how to mitigate the enormous environmental impacts of mining and processing ore. As global population growth ...
Mining cobalt manganese crusts: Assesment of potential environmental impact on Cross Seamount, Hawaii.Grigg, R WAl, E TGrigg, R. W., Malahoff, A., Landall, J., Chave, E. H. (1985). Mining cobalt manganese crusts: assessment of potential environmental impact on Cr...
Emissions of cobalt, nickel and vanadium to fresh water, predominantly during steel manufacture, are the main contributors (99%) to this impact. 3.1.5. Global warming potential (GWP) Estimated at 48.2 g CO2 eq./kWh, this impact is mainly due to CO2 emissions from the energy used to ...
Adaptive management-related decision making could be applied to EIA at similar points to the precautionary approach [26], where there are uncertainties about the potential impacts of a proposed activity. Active adaptive management would require the implementation of experimentation in advance to gather ...
Among the valuable elements found in PMNs are copper, nickel, cobalt, and manganese. In this context, deep sea mining has gained significant attention as a potential solution to the increasing global demand for valuable minerals. However, this industry poses a substantial threat to fragile marine ...
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To limit climate change and reduce further harmful environmental impacts, the reduction and substitution of fossil energy carriers will be the main challenges of the next few decades. During the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28), the participants agreed on the beginning of the end of...
The investigation “In Too Deep: What We Know, And Don’t Know, About Deep Seabed Mining”, released today by WWF, argues that there are many unknowns and much to do in ocean science, policy and industry innovations before any deep seabed mining activiti
Human Health Impacts of Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Africa Forty-nine studies across Africa have linked premature mortalities and non-communicable diseases. For example, neurological and behavioural disorders, asthma, congenital disabilities, liver, lung, heart, and kidney diseases, blood ...
There is greatly accelerated interest in deep seabed mining within and beyond national jurisdiction. This interest extends to mineral types (seafloor massive sulfides, polymetallic sulfides, cobalt crusts) and habitats (e.g., hydrothermal vents, seamounts, abyssal plain) in all ocean basins. The seab...