Deep Sea Conservation Coalition

@DeepSeaConserve

The DSCC is no longer posting on X due to ethical & safeguarding concerns, but the movement to Defend the Deep continues on Bluesky, LinkedIn and Instagram.

deep-sea-conservation.org Joined July 2013

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Deep Sea Conservation Coalition @DeepSeaConserve May 7, 2025

🆕 Today we are proud to launch the Knowledge Hub — a digital space to learn, share, and celebrate the vital role of the deep ocean for the Earth.

The deep sea is vital, mysterious, & vulnerable. Understanding it is key to protecting it.
Dive in: wp.me/pfvfE3-XH #DeepDay

Deep Sea Conservation Coalition @DeepSeaConserve Jan 13

New financial analysis highlights growing risks around The Metals Company’s #DeepSeaMining plans.

With no proven revenue or track record, deep-sea mining remains a speculative and risky bet.

finance.yahoo.com/news/tmcs-comm…

Promotional image titled "Don't believe the hype", questioning the commercial viability of deep-sea mining. It features a submarine-like mining machine on the ocean floor surrounded by stirred-up sediments.

Deep Sea Conservation Coalition @DeepSeaConserve Dec 2, 2025

A new op-ed in @Oceano_mag by DSCC Executive Director @siankowen highlights a critical gap in the outcomes of COP30: the deep sea.

#COP30 #DefendTheDeep #DeepSea

UBC Oceans (also found at ubcoceans.bsky.social) @UBCoceans Dec 1, 2025

COP30 elevated the ocean, bringing it closer to the heart of the global climate agenda, but the deep sea – everything below 200 metres and making up roughly 90% of the ocean – stayed buried in the margins. oceanographicmagazine.com/features/cop30…
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Deep Sea Conservation Coalition @DeepSeaConserve Nov 10, 2025

Will #COP30 deliver?

Without protecting the deep sea, we endanger one of Earth’s greatest natural climate defenses! The deep ocean is heating up, acidifying, and losing oxygen faster than ever, and it's under threat from mining, trawling, and drilling.

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Deep Sea Conservation Coalition @DeepSeaConserve Nov 6, 2025

A new groundbreaking study by researchers at the University of Hawai'i confirms that deep-sea mining could have devastating impacts well beyond the seafloor.

Read the full paper here: nature.com/articles/s4146…

#DefendTheDeep

Image showing four different translucent deep-sea creatures against a black background, highlighted by a study from the NOAA DeepCCZ Expedition. Each creature varies in shape and size, displaying unique biological features.