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The United States has shown renewed interest in seabed mining as it seeks access to more critical minerals. Coalter Lathrop outlines the legal regimes governing the resources targeted in commercial seabed mining initiatives:

justsecurity.orgUnited States Seabed Mineral Activities: Understanding the Legal LandscapeSeabed mining is in the news. Distinctions on who, what, where, when, and why this U.S. mining might occur to guide legal governance.

22/10/26, 1:06 pm13 reposts13 likes

Global Threat Signal

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Seabed mining is a good example of resource competition outrunning the legal regimes meant to govern it. A helpful overview.

Julian Jackson

@allatsea.bsky.social

...and (as article notes) it's also an example of a (unworkable) tech solution in search of a problem.

Global Threat Signal

@globalthreatsignal.bsky.social

Fair point, Julian. The legal framework is still catching up and the technology is far from proven at scale, so the policy debate may be ahead of the practical reality.

kate411.bsky.social

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It can’t be good if trump wants it.