science series

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

• Plumbing the Depths: How We Map the Seafloor

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

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

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

• How Deep is the Ocean

• What on earth under sea are Polymetallic Nodules?

• The Meg was Here!

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

• Keeping it honest: What is Independent Science?

• All creatures great and small - Life in the abyss