Two highly topical and relevant reports have recently been published:
The Dinard Report (Environmental Management of Deep-Sea Chemosynthetic Ecosystems: Justification of and Considerations for a Spatially-Based Approach)
"Illuminating Earth's Past, Present and Future" - IODP's science plan for the next decade of ocean drilling.
The above meeting will be held on 4-6 October 2011 at AORI, Tokyo, Japan, with an optional field trip on 2 October. Registration is now open and attendees are encouraged to post their interest as soon as possible. All details are available from the Japanese website.
In this meeting, there will be a focus on three objectives of crustal and mantle imaging, with an emphasis on mantle dynamics:
In response to the ISA’s request for information on hydrothermal sites of exceptional scientific value, InterRidge is seeking nominations from the scientific community for sites considered vulnerable to exploitation.
A burgeoning interest in seafloor mineralization from many different viewpoints ranging from scientific research and conservation groups to commercial and national organizations was the original impetus for InterRidge forming a Seafloor Mineralization Working Group (SMWG) in 2008. While fundamental scientific research issues are at the core of the working group’s mission, it was also a vehicle to allow the scientific community to bring a unified voice to issues facing the discovery and use of metal-rich seafloor mineral resources.
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