science articles

The Seabed Minerals Authority run a series of science and related articles. Our goal is simple—to educate and empower readers by exploring the fundamentals behind deep ocean seabed minerals.

General Science:

• in draft - Here be Seamounts (and more): Exporting our mapping expertise - Part 1

• in draft - Here be Seamounts (and more): Exporting our mapping expertise - Part 2

• Plumbing the Depths: How We Map the Seafloor?

• A ‘New’ Underwater Volcano: Rising from the Depths Near You!

• What on earth under sea are Polymetallic Nodules?

• The Meg was Here!

• Seven Hundred Trillion Reasons: The Unseen Scale of Cook Islands' Seabed Resources

• Almost everything you never knew you wanted to know about seabed minerals in the Cook Islands

Environmental Science:

• coming soon - On your Bike People: - How our Ecosystem Based Management Framework works to put you in the riding seat

• coming soon - EK80 and the biological pump: learning more about how the upper ocean ‘breathes’

• Un|acceptable!: How can we assess environmental effects for seabed minerals extraction?

• All creatures great and small: Life in the abyss

• How Deep is the Ocean?

Other Topics:

• “Thar’s nodules in them thar abyssal hills”- Are Cook Islands Polymetallic Nodules Economically Viable?

• in draft - From Bananas to Deep Sea Rocks: How much radiation you encounter, naturally

• The Strange and Wonderful Language of Science: A Universal Code for Discovery

• Keeping it Honest: What is Independent Science?

• Marine Scientific Research: Taking Our Understanding to a New Level