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Robotic and autonomous underwater vehicles have collected vast quantities of footage from the deep sea, but most of it hasn’t been analysed.
Commercial mining of the deep sea could begin soon. But these metals and minerals are not scarce. Mining will be harmful and the economic benefits are overstated.
The recent tragedy of the Titan submersible bore striking parallels to one of the most widely read novels about life at sea.
The recent tragedy was an outlier; deep-diving submersibles have an outstanding safety record.
Deep underwater, the Titan submersible would have been crushed in less than a second once a defect cracked the hull.
An expert explains some of the best and worst case scenarios facing the missing commercial watercraft.
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Professor in Marine Microbiology, University of East Anglia
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Associate Professor, School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, Adelaide University
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Foundation Professor of Environmental Humanities, Arizona State University
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Professor of Ocean Exploration and Science Communication, University of Southampton
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Professor of Marine Robotics, Australian Centre for Robotics, University of Sydney
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Professor of Deep Sea Ecology, Plymouth Marine Laboratory
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Associate Professor of Environmental Politics, University of Toronto
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Associate Professor, Environmental Studies, Dartmouth College
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Professor of Global Governance, University of Sydney
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Professor, Political Science, University of Toronto
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Associate Professor / Senior Lecturer in Global Environmental Politics, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Global Governance & Human Security, UMass Boston