MIDAS Science Briefs

MIDAS is committed to supplying accessible information about the environmental impacts of deep-sea mining to policy developers, decision makers and stakeholder groups. A series of concise, informative briefing documents will be produced that cover key issues in the deep-sea mining field. The first of these briefs can be downloaded as low-resolution PDF documents below. 

Introduction to deep-sea mining	International legal framework: a primer	Plumes from deep-sea mining	Toxic impacts of deep-sea mining
Biodiversity trends in the CCZ	Abyssal fauna in deep-ocean nodule provinces	Ecosystems at mid-ocean ridges	Biodiversity of seamounts hosting cobalt-rich crusts
Transparency in the darkest deep	Methane from gas hydrates

Useful briefing documents on relevant deep-sea ecosystem topics produced in previous projects can be downloaded from the websites below:

• Hotspot Ecosystem Research and Man's Impacts on European Seas (HERMIONE)
• Hotspot Ecosystem Research on the Margins of European Seas (HERMES)