Production of metals stands for 40% of all industrial greenhouse gas emissions, 10% of the
global energy consumption, 3.2 billion tonnes of minerals mined, and several billion tonnes …

Global demand for buildings and infrastructure is extremely high as provision of shelter,
sanitation and healthcare are paramount to safeguard the world's growing population …

A comprehensive understanding of the deep-sea environment and mining's likely impacts is
necessary to assess whether and under what conditions deep-seabed mining operations …

The study of the kinetics of REEs from secondary resources and the understanding of the
mechanisms governing the leaching reactions are fundamental aspects for the design and …

Coastal and marine management require the evaluation of multiple environmental threats
and issues. However, there are gaps in the necessary data and poor access or …

Although most deep-sea areas are remote in comparison to coastal zones, a growing body
of literature indicates that many sensitive ecosystems could be under increased stress from …

This study adapted a socio-ecological framework to review Drivers of mining Activities, the
environmental Pressures, the State of changes, their Impacts on human Welfare, and the …

The deep sea-an oceanic layer below 200 m depths–has important global biogeochemical
and nutrient cycling functions. It also receives organic pollutants from anthropogenic …

Abstract The Yangtze River Economic Belt is an essential ecological security barrier and
demonstration area for ecological civilization construction in China, so it is vital to prevent …

Ecological risk assessment for deep-sea mining is challenging, given the data-poor state of
knowledge of deep-sea ecosystem structure, process, and vulnerability. Polling and a scale …