The last frontier: Coupling technological developments with scientific challenges to improve hazard assessment of deep-sea mining

• Tipo: Outra Publicação em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2018

Autores

Santos, MM (Autor) FCUP; Jorge, PAS (Autor) FCUP; Coimbra, J (Autor) Outra; Vale, C (Autor) Outra; Caetano, M (Autor) Outra; Bastos, L (Autor) Outra; Iglesias, I (Autor) Outra; Guimarães, L (Autor) Outra; Reis Henriques, MA (Autor) Outra; Luis Oliva Teles (Autor) FCUP; Vieira, MN (Autor) FCUP; Raimundo, J (Autor) Outra; Pinheiro, M (Autor) Outra; Nogueira, V (Autor) Outra; Pereira, R (Autor) Outra; Neuparth, T (Autor) Outra; Ribeiro, MC (Autor) Outra; E. Pereira da Silva (Autor) Outra; Castro, LFC (Autor) Outra

Revista

Título: Science of the Total Environment

Vol. 627

Páginas: 1505-1514

ISSN: 0048-9697

Editora: Elsevier

Indexação

ISI Web of Knowledge - 26 Citações

Scopus - 27 Citações

Outras Informações

ID Authenticus: P-00N-K4K

DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.01.221

Abstract (EN): The growing economic interest in the exploitation of mineral resources on deep-ocean beds, including those in the vicinity of sensitive-rich habitats such as hydrothermal vents, raise amounting concern about the damage that such actions might originate to these poorly-know ecosystems, which represent millions of years of evolution and adaptations to extreme environmental conditions. It has been suggested that mining may cause a major impact on vent ecosystems and other deep-sea areas. Yet, the scale and the nature of such impacts are unknown at present. Hence, building upon currently available scientific information it is crucial to develop new cost-effective technologies embedded into rigorous operating frameworks. The forward-thinking provided here will assist in the development of new technologies and tools to address the major challenges associated with deep sea-mining; technologies for in situ and ex situ observation and data acquisition, biogeochemical processes, hazard assessment of deep-sea mining to marine organisms and development of modeling tools in support of risk assessment scenarios. These technological developments are vital to validate a responsible and sustainable exploitation of the deep-sea mineral resources, based on the precautionary principle.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 10