Library

MIDAS reports

The following reports have been produced as internal project deliverables but have been made publicly available. Please contact the MIDAS Project Manager if you wish to cite or use any of these reports:

• MIDAS Research Highlights: High-level summary of the key project outcomes
• MIDAS D9.6: Report on the implications of MIDAS results for policy makers with recommendations for future regulations to be adopted by the EU and the ISA (December 2016)
• MIDAS D9.5: Report on policy options and associated valuation and appraisal needs and methods for deep-sea mining (September 2016)
• MIDAS D4.2: Gap analyses of existing data to determine what future sampling is required and to provide support for ecological modelling from selected study regions (December 2014)
• MIDAS D10.1: Compilation of existing deep-sea ecosystem monitoring technologies in European research and industry: Assessment of applicability, and identification of gaps in existing technologies (January 2015)
• MIDAS D10.2: Integrative habitat mapping technologies for identification of different deep-sea habitats and their spatial coverage (April 2015)
• MIDAS D10.3: Integrated modular systems for monitoring of ecosystem functions in deep-sea habitats with relevance for mining (January 2016)
• MIDAS 10.4: Tools for Rapid Biodiversity Assessment (RBA) (May 2016; updated Dec 2016)
• MIDAS 10.5: Report on appropriateness of the testing of protocols and standards developed in WP8 (October 2016)
• MIDAS D8.2: Review of existing protocols and standards applicable to the exploitation of deep-sea mineral resources (December 2015)
• MIDAS D4.1: Database on reproduction and larval ecology from selected study regions (CCZ, MAR, Arctic gas hydrates)  Report  |  Database  (May 2015)
• MIDAS D3.5: Validation report on the response of biological indices to toxicant exposure in macro- and megafauna from exposures to contaminant complexes collected, including field exposures, to feed into WP7 and WP8 (May 2016)
• MIDAS D3.3: Assessment report on the use of avoidance behaviour monitoring for real time impact assessment of mining activity, to feed into WP10 (Dec 2015)
• MIDAS D2.7: Report containing metric-based decision tree to enable operators to draw conclusions from the probably fate of discharged contaminants (Oct 2016)
• MIDAS D2.6: Report hydrographic measurements made at two sites: MAR and DISCOL (Feb 2016)
• MIDAS D2.5: Report on variance and persistence of hydrodynamic conditions at three case study sites (Oct 2015)
• MIDAS D2.4: Analysis of data requirement for near-field model validation (Oct 2015)
• MIDAS D2.3: Report on model simulations of a far-field dispersion effects under a range of future climate and extreme future scenario (Oct 2015)
• MIDAS D2.2: Report on the near-field hydrodynamic modelling of three case study sites: MAR and CCZ (Apr 2015)
• MIDAS D2.1: Report on the effects of a range of characterisitic hydrodynamic regimes on the three discharge methodologies in terms of near-field dilution (Jan 2015)
• MIDAS D1.5: Report on seismic and geotechnical characterisation of hydrated sediments in a sand-rich setting: field work and lab experiment results (Oct 2016)
• MIDAS D1.3: Report on batch experiments into sulphide oxidation and trace metal release (Nov 2015)

MIDAS publications

Current and back issues of the MIDAS Newsletters - click here

• Aleynik, D., Inall, M. E., Dale, A. & Vink, A. (2017) Impact of remotely generated eddies on plume dispersion at abyssal mining sites in the Pacific. Scientific Reports 7, 16959. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-16912-2.
• Ardron, J. (2016) Transparency in the Operations of the International Seabed Authority: an Initial Assessment Marine Policy. DOI 10.1016/j.marpol.2016.06.027
• Auguste, M., N.C. Mestre, T.L. Rocha, C. Cardoso, V. Cueff-Gauchard,S. Le Bloa, M.A. Cambon-Bonavita, B. Shillito, M. Zbinden, J. Ravaux and M.J. Bebianno (2016) Development of an ecotoxicological protocol for the deep-sea fauna using the hydrothermal vent shrimp Rimicaris exoculata. Aquatic Toxicology 175 (2016) 277–285. doi:10.1016/j.aquatox.2016.03.024. Access online at ​http://authors.elsevier.com/a/1SuwJ_,OE935G7 (open access until 8 June 2016)
• Bell, J.B., Alt, C.H.S., Jones, D.O.B. (2016) Benthic megafuana on steep slopes at the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Marine Ecology. DOI 10.1111/maec.12319
• Boetius, A. & Haeckel, M. (2018) Mind the seafloor. Science 359, issue 6371, pp. 34-36. DOI 10.1126/science.aap7301
• Dale, A. C., and M. E. Inall (2015) Tidal mixing processes amid small-scale, deep-ocean topography, Geophysical Research Letters 42, DOI: 10.1002/2014GL062755.
• Danovaro R, Aguzzi, J, Fanelli E, Billett D, Gjerde K, Jamieson A, Ramirez-Llodra E, Smith C.R, Snelgrove P.V.R, Thomsen L, Van Dover C. (2017) Towards a global ecosystem-based strategy for the deep ocean. Science 355, 452-454. DOI 10.1126/science.aah7178. Available online.
• Danovaro R., Snelgrove P.V.R. & Tyler P. (2014) Challenging the paradigms of deep-sea ecology. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 29(8), 465-475. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2014.06.002
• Danovaro R., Corinaldesi C., Rastelli E., Dell’Anno A. (2015) Towards a better quantitative assessment of the relevance of deep-sea viruses, Bacteria and Archaea in the functioning of the ocean seafloor. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 75, 81–90. DOI 10.3354/ame01747
• Danovaro R., Molari M., Corinaldesi C., Dell’Anno A. (2016) Macroecological drivers of archaea and bacteria in benthic deep-sea ecosystems. Science Advances 2, e1500961. DOI 10.1126/sciadv.1500961
• Danovaro R., Dell'Anno A., Corinaldesi C., Rastelli E., Cavicchioli R., Krupovic M., Noble R.T., Nunoura T., Prangishvili D. (2016). Virus-mediated archaeal hecatomb in the deep seafloor. Science Advances 2, e1600492. DOI 10.1126/sciadv.1600492
  
• Dell’Anno A., Carugati L., Corinaldesi C., Riccioni G., Danovaro R. (2015) Unveiling the Biodiversity of Deep-Sea Nematodes through Metabarcoding: Are We Ready to Bypass the Classical Taxonomy? PLoS ONE 10(12): e0144928. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0144928
• Dell’Anno A., Corinaldesi C., Danovaro R. (2015) Virus decomposition provides an important contribution to benthic deep-sea ecosystem functioning. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America E2014–E2019. DOI 10.1073/pnas.1422234112
• Deusner, C., Gupta, S., Kossel, E., Freise, M., Anbergen, H., Wille, T., Bigalke, N. and Haeckel, M. (2016) The role of high-pressure flow-through experiments for evaluating the mechanical behaviour of gas hydrate-bearing soils, In: Energy Geotechnics. F. Wuttke, S. Bauer and M. Sanchez, CRC Press.
• Denny, A., T. Sæbø, R. Hansen, R. Pedersen (2015) ”The Use of Synthetic Aperture Sonar to Survey Seafloor Massive Sulfide Deposits.” Journal of Ocean Technology, v. 10 no. 1. Read online  |  Download article (PDF)
• Dunlop, K. M., van Oevelen, D., Ruhl, H. A., Huffard, C. L., Kuhnz, L. A. and Smith, K. L. (2016) Carbon cycling in the deep eastern North Pacific benthic food web: Investigating the effect of organic carbon input. Limnol. Oceanogr.. DOI: 10.1002/lno.10345
• Duperron, S., Quiles, A., Szafranski, K. M., Léger, N., Shillito, B. (2016) Estimating symbionts abundances and gill surface areas in specimens of the hydrothermal vent mussel Bathymodiolus puteoserpentis maintained in pressure vessels. Frontiers in Marine Science, 3 : 16, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2016.00016
• Durden J, Murphy K, Jaeckel A, Van Dover C.L, Christiansen S, Gjerde K, Ortega A & Jones D.O.B. (2017) A procedural framework for robust environmental management of deep-sea mining projects using a conceptual model. Marine Policy 84, 193-201. DOI 10.1016/j.marpol.2017.07.002 (open access)
• Durden, J. M., Simon-Lledo, E., Gooday, A. J. and Jones, D.O.B. (2017) Abundance and morphology of Paleodictyon nodosum, observed at the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. Marine Biodiversity. DOI: 10.1007/s12526-017-0636-0 Open access online at: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12526-017-0636-0
• Durden,J.M., Ruhl, H.A., Pebody, C., Blackbird, S.J. & van Oevelen, D. (2017) Differences in the carbon flows in the benthic food webs of abyssal hill and plain habitats. Limnology and Oceangraphy 62 (4), 1771-1782. doi 10.1002/lno.10532 (open access)
• Durden, J. et al. (2016) Perspectives in visual imaging for marine biology and ecology: from acquisition to understanding. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review, 54, 1-72.
• Durden, J. et al (2016) Report on the Managing Impacts of Deep-seA reSource exploitation (MIDAS) workshop on environmental management of deep-sea mining. Research Ideas and Outcomes 2: e10292. doi: 10.3897/rio.2.e10292
• Escartín, J., Leclerc, F., Olive, J., Mevel, C., Cannat, M., Petersen, S., Augustin, N., Feuillet, N., Deplus, C., Bezos, A., Bonnemains, D., Chavagnac, V., Choi, Y., Godard, M., Garcia, R. et al., 2016, First direct observation of coseismic slip and seafloor rupture along a submarine normal fault and implications for fault slip history: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 450, p. 96–107, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.06.024.
• Glover A, Dahlgren T, Taboada S, Paterson G, Wiklund H, Waeschenbach A, Cobley A, Martínez P, Kaiser S, Schnurr S, Khodami S, Raschka U, Kersken D, Stuckas H, Menot L, Bonifacio P, Vanreusel A, Macheriotou L, Cunha M, Hilário A, Rodrigues C, Colaço A, Ribeiro P, Błażewicz M, Gooday A, Jones D, Billett D, Goineau A, Amon D, Smith C, Patel T, McQuaid K, Spickermann R, Brager S (2016) The London Workshop on the Biogeography and Connectivity of the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. Research Ideas and Outcomes 2: e10528. doi: 10.3897/rio.2.e10528
• Gollner, S. et al. (2017) Resilience of benthic deep-sea fauna to mining activities. Marine Environmental Research 126, 76-101. doi: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2017.04.010
• Gollner S., Govenar B., Martinez Arbizu P., Mills S., Le Bris N., Weinbauer M., Shank T.M. & Bright M. (2015) Differences in recovery between deep-sea hydrothermal vent and vent-proximate communities after a volcanic eruption. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 106: 167-182. DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2015.10.008
• Gollner S, Stuckas H, Kihara TC, Laurent S, Kodami S, Martinez Arbizu P (2016) Mitochondrial DNA analyses indicate high diversity, expansive population growth and high genetic connectivity of vent copepods (Dirivultidae) across different oceans. PLoS ONE 11 (10): e0163776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0163776
• Gooday AJ, Holzmann M, Caull C, Goineau A, Kamenskaya O, Weber AA-T, Pawlowski J. (2017) Giant protists (xenophyophores, Foraminifera) are exceptionally diverse in parts of the abyssal eastern Pacific licensed for polymetallic nodule exploration. Biological Conservation 207, 106-116. DOI 10.1016/j.biocon.2017.01.006. Open access online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320716304633
• Hauton C, Brown A, Thatje S, Mestre NC, Bebianno MJ, Martins I, Bettencourt R, Canals M, Sanchez-Vidal A, Shillito B, Ravaux J, Zbinden M, Duperron S, Mevenkamp L, Vanreusel A, Gambi C, Dell’Anno A, Danovaro R, Gunn V and Weaver P (2017) Identifying Toxic Impacts of Metals Potentially Released during Deep-Sea Mining - A Synthesis of the Challenges to Quantifying Risk. Frontiers in Marine Science 4:368. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2017.00368 (2017) Identifying Toxic Impacts of Metals Potentially Released during Deep-Sea Mining—A Synthesis of the Challenges to Quantifying Risk. Frontiers in Marine Science, DOI 10.3389/fmars.2017.00368. Open access online at www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2017.00368/full
• Hernández-Ávila I, Cambon-Bonavita M-A, Pradillon F (2015) Morphology of First Zoeal Stage of Four Genera of Alvinocaridid Shrimps from Hydrothermal Vents and Cold Seeps: Implications for Ecology, Larval Biology and Phylogeny. PLoS ONE 10(12): e0144657. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0144657
• Husson, B., Sarradin, P.-M., Zeppilli, D., Sarrazin, J. (in press) Picturing thermal niches and biomass of hydrothermal vent species. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. DOI 10.1016/j.dsr2.2016.05.028
• Jaeckel, A., Ardron, J.A. & Gjerde, K.M. (2016) Sharing benefits of the common heritage of mankind – Is the deep seabed mining regime ready? Marine Policy 70, 198-204. DOI 10.1016/j.marpol.2016.03.009
• Janssen A., Kaiser S., Meißner K., Brenke N., Menot L., Martínez Arbizu P. (2015) A reverse taxonomic approach to assess macrofaunal distribution patterns in abyssal Pacific polymetallic nodule fields. PLoS ONE 10(2): e0117790. http://10.1371/journal.pone.0117790
• Johnson, D.E. & Ferreira, M.A. (2015): ISA Areas of Particular Environmental Interest in the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone: Offsetting to fund scientific research. International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law 30 (3), 559-574. DOI 10.1163/15718085-12341367.
• Jones DOB, Kaiser S, Sweetman AK,Smith CR, Menot L, Vink A, et al. (2017) Biological responses to disturbance from simulated deep-sea polymetallic nodule mining. PLoS ONE 12(2): e0171750. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0171750.
• Kamenskaya, O.E., Gooday, A.J., Tendal, O.S. & Melnik. V.F. (2016) Xenophyophores (Rhizaria, Foraminifera) from the Russian license area of the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (eastern equatorial Pacific), with the description of three new species. Marine Biodiversity. DOI 10.1007/s12526-016-0595-x
• Kamenskaya O.E., Gooday A.J., Tendal O.S. and Melnik V.F. (2015) Xenophyophores (Protista, Foraminifera) from the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone with description of three new species. Marine Biodiversity. DOI 10.1007/s12526-015-0330-z.
• Kopf, A., Freudenthal, T., Ratmeyer, V., Bergenthal, M., Lange, M., Fleischmann, T., Hammerschmidt, S., Seiter, C., and Wefer, G. (2015) Simple, affordable, and sustainable borehole observatories for complex monitoring objectives, Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems 4, 99-109, DOI 10.5194/gi-4-99-2015
• Knight, R.D., Roberts, S. & Webber, A.P. (2017) The influence of spreading rate, basement composition, fluid chemistry and chimney morphology on the formation of gold-rich SMS deposits at slow and ultraslow mid-ocean ridges. Mineralium Deposita, DOI 10.1007/s00126-017-0762-4
• Levin L., Mengerink K., Gjerde, K.J., Rowden A.A., Van Dover C.L., Clark M.R., Ramirez-Llodra E., Currie B., Smith C.R., Sato K.N., Gallo N., Sweetman A.K., Lily H., Armstrong C.W. & Brider J. (2016) Defining "serious harm" to the marine environment in the context of deep-sea mining. Marine Policy 74, p245-259. DOI 10.1016/j.marpol.2016.09.032
• Linares, C., Vidal, M., Canals, M. Kersting, D., Amblàs, D., Aspillaga, E., Cebrian, E., Delgado-Huertas, A., Díaz, D., G., J., Hereu, B., Navarro, L., Teixidó, N. and Ballesteros, E. (2015) Persistent natural acidification drives major distribution shifts in marine benthic ecosystems. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 282, 20150587. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.0587.
• Lodge, M., Johnson, D., Le Gurun, G., Wengler, M., Weaver, P. & Gunn, V. (2014) Seabed mining: International Seabed Authority environmental management plan for the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. A partnership approach. Marine Policy 49, 66-72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2014.04.006.
• Machon, J., Ravaux, J., Zbinden, M., Lucas, P. (I2016) New electroantennography method on a marine shrimp in water. Journal of Experimental Biology, doi:10.1242/jeb.140947
• Marcon, Y. & Pursur, A. (2017) PAPARA(ZZ)I: An open-source software interface for annotating photographs of the deep-sea. SoftwareX 6, 69–80. DOI 10.1016/j.softx.2017.02.002. Available online via open access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352711017300067
• Menendez A., James R., Roberts S., Peel K., Connelly D. et al. (2016) Controls on the distribution of rare earth elements in deep-sea sediment in the North Altnatic Ocean. Ore Geology Reviews (available online 1 October 2016)
• Mengerink K.J., Van Dover, C.L., Ardron J., Baker M., Escobar-Briones E., Gjerde K., Koslow J.A., Ramirez-Llodra E., Lara-Lopez A., Squires D., Sutton T., Sweetman A.K., and Levin L.A. (2014) A Call for Deep-Ocean Stewardship. Science 344 (6185), 696-698. DOI:10.1126/science.1251458. The summary can be read online: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/344/6185/696.summary
• Mevenkamp, L., Brown, A., Hauton, C., Kordas, A., Thatje, S. & Vanreusel, A. (2017) Hydrostatic pressure and temperature affect the tolerance of the free-living marine nematode Halomonhystera disjuncta to acute copper exposure. Aquatic Toxicology 192, 178-183. DOI 10.1016/j.aquatox.2017.09.016
• Mevenkamp, L., Stratmann, T., Guilini, K., Moodley, L., van Oevelen, D., Vanreusel, A., Westerlund, S., Sweetman, A.K. (2017) Impaired Short-Term Functioning of a Benthic Community from a Deep Norwegian Fjord Following Deposition of Mine Tailings and Sediments. Front. Mar. Sci. 4. doi:10.3389/fmars.2017.00169 Accessible online
• Molodtsova, T. (2016) New records of Heteropathes Opresko, 2011 (Anthozoa: Antipatharia) from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Marine Biodiversity (published online first). DOI 10.1007/s12526-016-0460-y
• Parra, H., C.K. Pham, G. Menezes, A. Rosa, F. Tempera, T. Morato (In press; available online 5 February 2016). Predictive modelling of deep-sea fish distribution in the Azores. Deep-Sea Research Part II. DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2016.01.004
• Peran Miñarro A.D., Pham C.K., Amorim P., Cardigos F., Tempera F. and Morato T. (2016) Seafloor characteristics in the Azores region (North Atlantic). Front. Mar. Sci. 3:204. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2016.00204
• Plum, C., Pradillon, F., Fujiwara, Y., Sarrazin, J. (in press) Copepod colonization of organic and inorganic substrata at a deep-sea hydrothermal vent site on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. DOI 10.1016/j.dsr2.2016.06.008
• Pursur A, Marcon Y, Hoving H-JT, Vecchione M, Piatkowski U, Eason D, Bluhm H & Boetius A (2016) Association of deep-sea incirrate octopods with manganese crusts and nodule fields in the Pacific Ocean. Current Biology 26, R1247–R1271. DOI 10.1016/j.cub.2016.10.052
• Rastelli E., Dell'Anno A., Corinaldesi C., Middelboe M., Noble R.T., Danovaro R (in press). Quantification of viral and prokaryotic production rates in benthic ecosystems: a methods comparison. Frontiers in Microbiology 7: 1501. DOI:10.3389/fmicb.2016.01501
• Rivera, J., Canals, M., Lastras, G., Hermida, N., Amblás, D., Arrese, B., Martín Sosa, P. and Acosta, J., (2016) Morphometry of Concepcion Bank: Evidence of Geological and Biological Processes on a Large Volcanic Seamount of the Canary Islands Seamount Province; PLOS ONE, 11 (5), e0156337. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0156337.
• Sautya, S., Ingole, B., Jones, D.O.B., Ray, D., Kameshraju, K.A. (2016) First quantitative exploration of benthic megafaunal assemblages on the mid-oceanic ridge system of the Carlsberg Ridge, Indian Ocean. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom FirstView, 1-9. DOI: 10.1017/S0025315416000515
• Sultan, N. & Garziglia, S. (2015) Mechanical behaviour of gas-charged fine sediments: model formulation and calibration. Geotechnique 64 (11), 851–864. DOI 10.1680/geot.13.P.125
• Sweetman A. et al. (2017) Major impacts of climate climate change on deep-sea benthic ecosystems. Elementa: The Science of the Anthropocene. DOI 10.1525/elementa.203. Open access online at https://www.elementascience.org/articles/10.1525/elementa.203/
• Vanreusel, A., Hiliario, A., Ribeiro, P.A., Menot, L. & Arbizu Martinez, P. (2016)  Threatened by mining, polymetallic nodules are required to preserve abyssal epifauna. Scientific Reports 6, doi:10.1038/srep26808. Open access online.
• Weaver, P.P.E, Billett, D.S.M. & Van Dover, C.L. (in press) Environmental risks of deep-sea mining. Chapter in Handbook on marine environment protection – science, impacts and sustainable management eds M. Salomon and T. Markus. Springer Verlag.
• Wedding, L.M., S.M. Reiter, C.R. Smith, K.M. Gjerde, J.N. Kittinger, A.M. Friedlander, S.D. Gaines, M.R. Clark, A.M. Thurnherr, S.M. Hardy, L.B. Crowder (2015) Managing mining of the deep seabed. Science 349, Issue 6244, p144-145. DOI: 10.1126/science.aac6647. Published 10 July 2015.
• Yasuhara M., Danovaro R. (2016) Temperature impacts on deep-sea biodiversity. Biological Reviews 91(2), 275–287 Zeppilli D., Pusceddu A., Trincardi F., Danovaro R. (2016) Seafloor heterogeneity influences the biodiversity–ecosystem functioning relationships in the deep sea. Scientific Reports 6, 26352; doi: 10.1111/brv.12169
• Zander, T., et al. (2017) On the origin of multiple BSRs in the Danube deep-sea fan, Black Sea. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 462, 15-25. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2017.01.006 (Open access until 14 March 2017)
• Zeppilli D., Pusceddu A., Trincardi F., Danovaro R. (2016) Seafloor heterogeneity influences the biodiversity–ecosystem functioning relationships in the deep sea. Scientific Reports 6, 26352; doi: 10.1038/srep26352

​

Websites

• International Seabed Authority (ISA)
• Blue Mining project (FP7 project on "Breakthrough Solutions for Mineral Extraction and Processing in Extreme Environments")
• Blue Nodules project (H2020 project on developing a deep-sea mining system for the harvesting of polymetallic nodules with minimal environmental impacts)
• Deep Ocean Stewardship Initiative (DOSI)
• International network for Scientific investigation of deep-sea ecosystems (INDEEP)
• Pacific Deep Sea Minerals project (SPC-DSM)
• International Marine Minerals Society (IMMS)
• Global Ocean Commission - Seabed mining

Media articles

A sample of media articles on the topic of deep-sea mining are listed below. MIDAS takes no responsibility for the views presented in these articles.

• Seabed mining: The 30 people who could determine the fate of the deep ocean. News Deeply, 6 September 2017
• Underwater debris is clouding hopes for sustainable deep-sea mining. Horizon (EU Research & Innovation Magazine), 27 April 2017
• Scientists fear deep-sea mining. EuroNews short film on the MIDAS field demonstration cruise off the Azores, 5 September 2016
• Miners strike gold 5,000 feet beneath the sea, sparking the next mining bonanza. Quartz, 8 December 2015
• Getting It Right: Mine Magazine, November 2015.
• Regulating 'The Area'. Michael Lodge (ISA) provides overview of the ISA's roadmap for exploitation of seabed resources in ABNJ. Global Island News, 20 September 2015. 
• Going Deep: Cautious Steps toward Seabed Mining. Environmental Health Persepctives volume 123, Issue 9, September 2015. DOI:10.1289/ehp.123-A234
• Gold at the Bottom of the Sea: Ours for the Taking? Myths and realities of deep-sea mining. IASS blog contribution by Jeff Ardron (14 April 2015)
• Mining Innovation News: Prospect of seabed mining causing environmental concerns (3 March 2015)
• The Independent: Fears that a seabed mining 'marine industrial revolution' could wipe out habitats worldwide (27 February 2015)
• Subsea World News: New Zealand: EPA Refuses CRP’s Marine Consent Application (11 February 2015)
• Subsea World News: Scientists find manganese nodules in the Atlantic (19 January 2015)
• Maritime Executive magazine: "Subsea mining: Could it be the next big thing?" (October 2014)
• Weather.com: "Who owns the ocean floor?" (20 August 2014)
• Nature: "Health check for deep-sea mining" (13 August 2014; DOI 10.1038/512122a)
• Telejournal Acores - TV news item on the MIDAS Lucky Strike cruise (9.52 to 12.42 minutes in the broadcast) (31 July 2014)
• BBC News: "Deep sea mining licenses issued" (23 July 2014)
• mining-technology.com: "EPA rejects Trans-Tasman's underwater mining proposal in New Zealand" (18 June 2014)
• Reuters: "New Zealand may kick-start race to mine the ocean floor" (15 June 2014)
• Science News & Analysis "Seafloor mining plan advances, worrying critics" Science 344, DOI: 10.1126/science.344.6183.463 (2 May 2014)
• BBC World Service Science in Action: "Bird in Chernobyl" - online podcast featuring a section on deep-sea mining (06.40 to 14:50 minutes in the broadcast) (1 May 2014)
• GEOMAR press release: "How productive are the ore factories in the deep sea?" (24 April 2014)
• BBC News Online: "Agreement reached on deep sea mining" (24 April 2014)
• Reuters: "The robot is ready - so when will deep sea mining start?" (18 April 2014)
• BBC Online: "Deep sea mining for rare earth metals" (video report; 17 March 2014)
• The Guardian: "Marine mining: Underwater gold rush sparks fears of ocean catastrophe" (2 March 2014)
• New Scientist: "Deep-sea mining projects land in hot water" (19 February 2014)
• Financial Times online: "Experts call for improved ‘stewardship’ for deep sea mining" (17 February 2014)
• BBC News Online: "Deep-sea mining 'must responsibly respect ecosystems' " (17 February 2014)
• National Geographic Newswatch: "New interest in seafloor mining revives calls for conservation" (11 December 2013)
• theconversation.com: "Deep sea mining: coming soon to an ocean near you" (24 September 2013)
• BBC News online: "Deep sea mining 'gold rush' moves closer" (18 May 2013)
• National Geographic Daily News: "Will deep-sea mining yield an underwater gold rush?" (1 February 2013)

Online resources

• NIOZ film about the 2015 MIDAS-Treasure cruise to the Azores: 

• "Into the abyss" - BBC Radio 4 programme on deep-sea mining (23 July 2014)
• Phil Weaver talking about MIDAS as part of the DOSI webinar series (18 June 2014)
• Sandor Mulsow (ISA) talking about exploration of deep-sea minerals as part of the DOSI webinar series (4 June 2014)
• Kristina Gjerde talking about laws, policies and plans for the deep oean as part of the DOSI webinar series (7 May 2014)
• ABC Catalyst (Australia): Video on deep-sea mining (9 June 2011)
• 'Out of Darkness': Video produced by the SPC-DSM project on the impacts of deep-sea mining
• Nautilus Minerals: Solwara 1 - animation showing proposed methodology for extracting ore from the Solwara 1 SMS deposit offshore Papua New Guinea (click on link to 'Seafloor production animation video') (June 2013)

ISA guidance and policy documents (for the full set of reports please visit the ISA website)

• ISA (2010) Recommendations for the guidance of contractors for the assessment of the possible environmental impacts arising from exploration for polymetallic nodules in the Area. ISA Legal and Technical Commission document ISBA/16/LTC/7.
• ISA (2012) Recommendations for the guidance of contractors for the assessment of the possible environmental impacts arising from exploration for polymetallic sulphides in the Area. ISA Legal and Technical Commission document ISBA/18/LTC/6
• ISA (2013) Recommendations for the guidance of contractors for the assessment of the possible environmental impacts arising from exploration for marine minerals in the Area. ISA Legal and Technical Commission document ISBA/19/LTC/8

Other relevant publications and reports

• "Renewable Energy and Deep Sea Mining: Supply, Demand and Scenarios" - Teske, S., Florin, N., Dominish, E. and Giurco, D. (2016). Report prepared by ISF for J.M.Kaplan Fund, Oceans 5 and Synchronicity Earth, July 2016.
• "The crafting of seabed mining ecosystem management" - Report from the EcoDeep-SIP workshop, 29 June - 1 July 2015, Tokyo.
• "State of Knowledge on Deep-Sea Mining" - Report commissioned by the EC's DG MARE, officially released June 2015.
• Outcome of DG MARE's stakeholder consultation on deep sea mining (June 2015)
• Report from the ICES Working Group of Deep-Sea Ecology (WGDEC) - Released April 2015 (environmental impacts of deep sea mining addressed in Section 5.3)
• Technology options for deep seabed exploitation - Tackling economic, environmental and societal challenges: A study for the European Parliament, STOA Committee on deep seabed exploration and exploitation activities, released March 2015.
• Study on deep sea mining - final report: Commissioned by DG MARE and carried out by ECORYS, released August 2014.
• Wealth in the Oceans: Deep sea mining on the horizon? UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service, May 2014 (PDF document). 
• Deep Sea Minerals series: published by GRID Arendal in 2013 as part of the European Union-funded 'Deep Sea Minerals in the Pacific Islands Region: a Legal and Fiscal Framework for Sustainable Resource Management' project.
• International Marine Minerals Society - Code for Environmental Management of Marine Mining
• Pacific-ACP States Regional Legislative and Regulatory Framework for Deep Sea Minerals Exploration and Exploitation (July 2012)
• Global Ocean Commission Policy Options Paper #5: Strengthening deep seabed mining regulation (November 2013)
• Environmental Management Needs for Exploration and Exploitation of Deep Sea Minerals. ISA Technical Study No 10, 52 pages.
• Deep Seabed Mining: An urgent wake-up call to protect our oceans. Greenpeace report, July 2013

For a wider set of scientific publications in the field of deep-sea mining and related topics, please visit the Mendeley site where the DOSI group have put together a collection of relevant papers - the listing is open to everyone at https://www.mendeley.com/groups/7241201/literature-on-deep-sea-mining/papers/