Over ane 1000000 foursquare kilometers of the world's oceans accept received claims for deep sea mining. Mining inwards the Earth's oceans tin endure really destructive of fragile marine ecosystems as well as tin Pb to the loss of unique species as well as sensitive deep sea habitats.
Deep Sea Mining Watch is a global map showing where these mining claims are known to accept been made. The map every bit good shows the GPS tracks of ships that are believed to endure prospecting for minerals for deep sea mining. If you lot direct a deep sea mining vessel on the map you lot tin persuasion its GPS rail as well as larn to a greater extent than virtually who the send belongs to as well as where as well as what it is prospecting for.
The Deep Sea Mining Watch map every bit good contains full general information on how deep seabed mining is carried out as well as the number it tin accept on biodiversity as well as deep sea ecosystems.
The map itself includes bathymetry information from Natural Earth. Natural Earth's bathymetry information is costless to purpose inwards whatever project. You tin thence download the information yourself for purpose inwards your ain interactive maps.
