September 11th marked the start of the third phase of an international effort to assess environmental impacts from deep sea mining MiningImpact 3 funded by JPI Oceans. The consortium, coordinated by Mattias Haeckel (GEOMAR, Germany) met in Belgium to present the current state of deep-sea mining knowledge, and to coordinate plans for the 4-year research program.

From: Kick off MiningImpact-3