Simon Holmström
@simonholmstrom.bsky.social
Advocate for ocean protection in Brussels 🌊 | Former Nordic MP 🗳️ | Born at 357.13 ppm 🌍 | Committed to daydreaming 🚀| Views are my own
🌊🪸 Just when they thought the #DeepSea was a barren "desert": scientists find a brand new species clinging to metal #nodules that mining companies want to scoop up 💔🧪🌑 #DefendTheDeep #StopDeepSeaMining 🐚💙
New Deep-Sea Coral Found Living on Nodules Targeted for Mining - environment coastal & offshore
An international research team led by Dr. Guadalupe Bribiesca-Contreras from the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and Senckenberg scientist Dr. Nadia Santodomingo has discovered a new species of deep-sea coral that lives attached to polymetallic nodules
ecomagazine.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:20 PM
🌊🪸 Just when they thought the #DeepSea was a barren "desert": scientists find a brand new species clinging to metal #nodules that mining companies want to scoop up 💔🧪🌑 #DefendTheDeep #StopDeepSeaMining 🐚💙
#DeepSeaMining in Norway just got wild 🚀
A top company threatens to leave if it doesn’t get permission. Let’s call it what it is: #BlackmailPolitics 💬
Yet Europe says no 🌍 #CircularEconomy #BatteryTech #DemandReduction
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A top company threatens to leave if it doesn’t get permission. Let’s call it what it is: #BlackmailPolitics 💬
Yet Europe says no 🌍 #CircularEconomy #BatteryTech #DemandReduction
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#deepseamining #blackmailpolitics #circulareconomy #batterytech #demandreduction | Simon Holmström
The #DeepSeaMining debate in Norway just took a wild turn. 🚀
One of Norway’s leading companies is now threatening to leave the country and shift operations to the US or elsewhere if they don’t get t...
www.linkedin.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
#DeepSeaMining in Norway just got wild 🚀
A top company threatens to leave if it doesn’t get permission. Let’s call it what it is: #BlackmailPolitics 💬
Yet Europe says no 🌍 #CircularEconomy #BatteryTech #DemandReduction
www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...
A top company threatens to leave if it doesn’t get permission. Let’s call it what it is: #BlackmailPolitics 💬
Yet Europe says no 🌍 #CircularEconomy #BatteryTech #DemandReduction
www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...
So… the new report on #DeepSeaMining outside American #Samoa basically says the quiet part out loud: the tech doesn’t work, the economics don’t work, and the strategy is 🤷. Turns out the real abyss isn’t the ocean floor, it’s the business model. Time to #KeepItInTheSeabed and #DefendTheDeep.
DSM Technical/Economic Feasibility Report — NOPC - National Ocean Protection Coalition
www.oceanprotectioncoalition.org
November 18, 2025 at 8:36 AM
So… the new report on #DeepSeaMining outside American #Samoa basically says the quiet part out loud: the tech doesn’t work, the economics don’t work, and the strategy is 🤷. Turns out the real abyss isn’t the ocean floor, it’s the business model. Time to #KeepItInTheSeabed and #DefendTheDeep.
A Cambridge piece calls out the #ISA: the #DeepSea watchdog acts more like a deep-sea yes-man. Weak accountability, murky decisions and a habit of overlooking its own environmental duties… not ideal for managing humanity’s #CommonHeritage. 🌊👀 Maybe before mining the seabed, let's find a backbone.
The International Seabed Authority, the Problem of Disregard and the Case for Administrative Accountability | International & Comparative Law Quarterly | Cambridge Core
The International Seabed Authority, the Problem of Disregard and the Case for Administrative Accountability - Volume 74 Issue S1
www.cambridge.org
November 17, 2025 at 9:58 AM
A Cambridge piece calls out the #ISA: the #DeepSea watchdog acts more like a deep-sea yes-man. Weak accountability, murky decisions and a habit of overlooking its own environmental duties… not ideal for managing humanity’s #CommonHeritage. 🌊👀 Maybe before mining the seabed, let's find a backbone.
🌊 Big wave alert! The @europarl.europa.eu just adopted its stance on the European #BBNJ Directive, turning global ocean promises into concrete action.
📢 Momentum for the ocean is here, Let's ride it, not wreck it.
#OceanProtection #HighSeas #DefendTheDeep
📢 Momentum for the ocean is here, Let's ride it, not wreck it.
#OceanProtection #HighSeas #DefendTheDeep
November 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
🌊 Big wave alert! The @europarl.europa.eu just adopted its stance on the European #BBNJ Directive, turning global ocean promises into concrete action.
📢 Momentum for the ocean is here, Let's ride it, not wreck it.
#OceanProtection #HighSeas #DefendTheDeep
📢 Momentum for the ocean is here, Let's ride it, not wreck it.
#OceanProtection #HighSeas #DefendTheDeep
Turns out the mid‑ocean’s buffet is at risk 🍽️. New research shows the #DeepSeaMining plume dilutes the nutritional base of the food web. Bigger particles that feed zooplankton & micronekton get replaced by waste. Harsh consequences for the creatures riding the ocean column. Time to #DefendTheDeep. 🐬
Deep-sea mining discharge can disrupt midwater food webs - Nature Communications
Deep-sea mining in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone may release waste into midwaters that support diverse marine life. This study finds such discharges could dilute key food particles and disrupt trophic l...
www.nature.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Turns out the mid‑ocean’s buffet is at risk 🍽️. New research shows the #DeepSeaMining plume dilutes the nutritional base of the food web. Bigger particles that feed zooplankton & micronekton get replaced by waste. Harsh consequences for the creatures riding the ocean column. Time to #DefendTheDeep. 🐬
The U.S. and China are racing to the bottom - literally. 🌊 #CookIslands caught in the middle, with #DeepSeaMining impacts risking marine ecosystems. This a test of whether we’ve learned anything from history. @theguardian.com covers this well today. Let's #DefendTheDeep.
In the depths of the ocean, a new contest between the US and China emerges
Around the Cook Islands, the world’s two most powerful countries are exploring the possibility of deep-sea mining for critical minerals
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:10 AM
The U.S. and China are racing to the bottom - literally. 🌊 #CookIslands caught in the middle, with #DeepSeaMining impacts risking marine ecosystems. This a test of whether we’ve learned anything from history. @theguardian.com covers this well today. Let's #DefendTheDeep.
The #ArcticCircleAssembly Ocean plenary sent a clear message on #DeepSeaMining 🌊: We know too little about the #DeepSea and once the damage is done, it may be irreversible. ❌ Let’s choose wisdom over haste and apply a #moratorium. 💙🪸 That is the only way to #DefendTheDeep.
October 17, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The #ArcticCircleAssembly Ocean plenary sent a clear message on #DeepSeaMining 🌊: We know too little about the #DeepSea and once the damage is done, it may be irreversible. ❌ Let’s choose wisdom over haste and apply a #moratorium. 💙🪸 That is the only way to #DefendTheDeep.
The #Arctic is warming fast and so is the geopolitics. 🧊⚠️
As nations eye new shipping routes and #DeepSea resources, fragile marine ecosystems risk becoming collateral damage. Happy to be in #Reykjavik with colleagues to raise awareness of ocean action at the #ArcticCircleAssembly.
As nations eye new shipping routes and #DeepSea resources, fragile marine ecosystems risk becoming collateral damage. Happy to be in #Reykjavik with colleagues to raise awareness of ocean action at the #ArcticCircleAssembly.
October 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The #Arctic is warming fast and so is the geopolitics. 🧊⚠️
As nations eye new shipping routes and #DeepSea resources, fragile marine ecosystems risk becoming collateral damage. Happy to be in #Reykjavik with colleagues to raise awareness of ocean action at the #ArcticCircleAssembly.
As nations eye new shipping routes and #DeepSea resources, fragile marine ecosystems risk becoming collateral damage. Happy to be in #Reykjavik with colleagues to raise awareness of ocean action at the #ArcticCircleAssembly.
An unproven industry is eyeing the Arctic: #DeepSeaMining. 🌊⚒️ Fortunately, global momentum for a halt is growing. 🪸 As the Arctic Circle Assembly begins, see this new policy brief which explains why Arctic states should #DefendTheDeep. @seasatrisk.bsky.social 💡
Policy brief: Why Arctic states must protect the deep - Seas At Risk
Interest in the Arctic’s natural resources is growing, including its deep-sea mineral resources. Two Arctic countries are moving ahead with plans for deep-sea mining, Norway and the U.S., despite moun...
seas-at-risk.org
October 15, 2025 at 5:52 PM
An unproven industry is eyeing the Arctic: #DeepSeaMining. 🌊⚒️ Fortunately, global momentum for a halt is growing. 🪸 As the Arctic Circle Assembly begins, see this new policy brief which explains why Arctic states should #DefendTheDeep. @seasatrisk.bsky.social 💡
Out today: 🧐 Only 20% of Norwegians want #DeepSeaMining. Quite a few more want to "fjord-get it"!
Time for the upcoming government to stop digging where there’s no public support - and let the #DeepSea rest. 🌊
#DefendTheDeep #KeepItInTheSeabed 🐬
Time for the upcoming government to stop digging where there’s no public support - and let the #DeepSea rest. 🌊
#DefendTheDeep #KeepItInTheSeabed 🐬
Bare 2 av 10 vil åpne for gruver på havbunnen
Flertallet er klart imot gruvedrift på havbunnen, viser en undersøkelse. Blant Aps egne velgere er det enda mindre populært.
klassekampen.no
October 13, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Out today: 🧐 Only 20% of Norwegians want #DeepSeaMining. Quite a few more want to "fjord-get it"!
Time for the upcoming government to stop digging where there’s no public support - and let the #DeepSea rest. 🌊
#DefendTheDeep #KeepItInTheSeabed 🐬
Time for the upcoming government to stop digging where there’s no public support - and let the #DeepSea rest. 🌊
#DefendTheDeep #KeepItInTheSeabed 🐬
#TheMetalsCompany is a textbook case of speculative overreach: a penny stock that has inflated on political noise, risky legal bets and illusions. Ready my analysis on the #DeepSeaMining company here.
#donaldtrump #deepseamining #speculation #pirates #unclos #shortsqueeze #freecashflow #balancesheet #dsm #nautilusminerals | Simon Holmström
Stock Analysis: The Metals Company (NASDAQ: TMC)
🎢 The stock surged again to a 52 week high based on #DonaldTrump reported having talks with another Canadian mining company. Speculative investors rus...
www.linkedin.com
October 8, 2025 at 10:47 AM
#TheMetalsCompany is a textbook case of speculative overreach: a penny stock that has inflated on political noise, risky legal bets and illusions. Ready my analysis on the #DeepSeaMining company here.
We’ve mapped the surface of the moon better than the #DeepSea - yet some still want to mine it before meeting the neighbors (sharks, rays, ghost sharks!). Maybe curiosity, not greed, should guide our next dive. 🌊✨ #ProtectTheDeep #NoDeepSeaMining #Moratorium #KeepItInTheSeabed
Sharks, rays, chimaeras further threatened by deep-sea mining | University of Hawaiʻi System News
The habitat of 30 species of sharks, rays, and chimaeras, also called ghost sharks, overlap with areas where proposed deep-sea mining may occur.
www.hawaii.edu
October 7, 2025 at 1:22 PM
We’ve mapped the surface of the moon better than the #DeepSea - yet some still want to mine it before meeting the neighbors (sharks, rays, ghost sharks!). Maybe curiosity, not greed, should guide our next dive. 🌊✨ #ProtectTheDeep #NoDeepSeaMining #Moratorium #KeepItInTheSeabed
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🪸🐙 The #DeepSea just dropped a new album: 40+ new species in the Mar del Plata Canyon! Featuring #BarbieCrabs, #SeaPigs and other ocean oddities. Proof the ocean is still the weirdest, coolest place on Earth 🌊✨
#KeepItInTheSeabed #DefendTheDeep
#KeepItInTheSeabed #DefendTheDeep
Barbie crabs, sea pigs, and 40 new species discovered in a giant underwater canyon
Argentina explores Mar del Plata Canyon for the first time: 40 new species are discovered and the country is captivated by the live broadcast
www.earth.com
October 3, 2025 at 8:27 AM
🪸🐙 The #DeepSea just dropped a new album: 40+ new species in the Mar del Plata Canyon! Featuring #BarbieCrabs, #SeaPigs and other ocean oddities. Proof the ocean is still the weirdest, coolest place on Earth 🌊✨
#KeepItInTheSeabed #DefendTheDeep
#KeepItInTheSeabed #DefendTheDeep
🌍 Europe’s new #Environment2025 report is out. The verdict? Our material binge is wrecking the planet and our competitiveness. Each of us uses 14 tonnes of stuff & dumps 5 tonnes of waste every year. 🚮
The fix? #CircularEconomy + #DemandReduction
Time to #ReduceReuseRegenerate.
The fix? #CircularEconomy + #DemandReduction
Time to #ReduceReuseRegenerate.
Europe's environment 2025
Europe's environment 2025 provides decision makers at European and national levels as well as the general public with a comprehensive and cross-cutting assessment on environment, climate and sustainab...
www.eea.europa.eu
September 30, 2025 at 8:57 AM
🌍 Europe’s new #Environment2025 report is out. The verdict? Our material binge is wrecking the planet and our competitiveness. Each of us uses 14 tonnes of stuff & dumps 5 tonnes of waste every year. 🚮
The fix? #CircularEconomy + #DemandReduction
Time to #ReduceReuseRegenerate.
The fix? #CircularEconomy + #DemandReduction
Time to #ReduceReuseRegenerate.
🌊 The #BBNJ Treaty hits 60+ ratifications & will enter into force next year. This is great proof that multilateralism can work! 🎉
Now, if the world can unite to protect the #HighSeas, it can also unite to stop #DeepSeaMining. More work ahead!
#BBNJ #DefendTheDeep #KeepItInTheSeabed
Now, if the world can unite to protect the #HighSeas, it can also unite to stop #DeepSeaMining. More work ahead!
#BBNJ #DefendTheDeep #KeepItInTheSeabed
Hard-Fought Treaty to Protect Ocean Life Clears a Final Hurdle
www.nytimes.com
September 22, 2025 at 9:57 AM
🌊 The #BBNJ Treaty hits 60+ ratifications & will enter into force next year. This is great proof that multilateralism can work! 🎉
Now, if the world can unite to protect the #HighSeas, it can also unite to stop #DeepSeaMining. More work ahead!
#BBNJ #DefendTheDeep #KeepItInTheSeabed
Now, if the world can unite to protect the #HighSeas, it can also unite to stop #DeepSeaMining. More work ahead!
#BBNJ #DefendTheDeep #KeepItInTheSeabed
🧭 Let’s be real: #DeepSeaMining won’t magically unchain us from China’s grip.
Without processing capacity, we’re just shipping rocks while Beijing keeps the refinery keys. 🔑🌊
#KeepItInTheSeabed #StopDeepSeaMining #DefendTheDeep #Moratorium
Without processing capacity, we’re just shipping rocks while Beijing keeps the refinery keys. 🔑🌊
#KeepItInTheSeabed #StopDeepSeaMining #DefendTheDeep #Moratorium
The Missing Piece: Minerals Processing and Deep Sea Mining
The resilience and diversification of mineral supply chains have become significant topics of concern in recent times.
moderndiplomacy.eu
September 19, 2025 at 9:05 AM
🧭 Let’s be real: #DeepSeaMining won’t magically unchain us from China’s grip.
Without processing capacity, we’re just shipping rocks while Beijing keeps the refinery keys. 🔑🌊
#KeepItInTheSeabed #StopDeepSeaMining #DefendTheDeep #Moratorium
Without processing capacity, we’re just shipping rocks while Beijing keeps the refinery keys. 🔑🌊
#KeepItInTheSeabed #StopDeepSeaMining #DefendTheDeep #Moratorium
Just dropped: ABC News' "Race to the Bottom" - a #DeepDive into #DeepSeaMining that’s anything but soothing. The new pirates are going for the #DeepSea.🌊🤿 #DeepSeaMining #DefendTheDeep #KeepItInTheSeabed
Race to the Bottom
Four Corners is the home of Australian investigative journalism.
www.abc.net.au
September 9, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Just dropped: ABC News' "Race to the Bottom" - a #DeepDive into #DeepSeaMining that’s anything but soothing. The new pirates are going for the #DeepSea.🌊🤿 #DeepSeaMining #DefendTheDeep #KeepItInTheSeabed
#DeepSeaMining without Free Prior and Informed Consent, an internationally recognised principle?
That’s not “innovation” that’s #Colonisation 2.0.
#AmericanSamoa has already said NO. Respect it. 🌊✊
#FPIC #IndigenousRights #KeepItInTheSeabed #DefendTheDeep #Moratorium
That’s not “innovation” that’s #Colonisation 2.0.
#AmericanSamoa has already said NO. Respect it. 🌊✊
#FPIC #IndigenousRights #KeepItInTheSeabed #DefendTheDeep #Moratorium
American Samoa says no to deep-sea mining. The Trump administration might do it anyway.
The CEO of a seabed mining startup says the decision about mining leases will be made in Washington, D.C.
grist.org
September 4, 2025 at 7:32 AM
#DeepSeaMining without Free Prior and Informed Consent, an internationally recognised principle?
That’s not “innovation” that’s #Colonisation 2.0.
#AmericanSamoa has already said NO. Respect it. 🌊✊
#FPIC #IndigenousRights #KeepItInTheSeabed #DefendTheDeep #Moratorium
That’s not “innovation” that’s #Colonisation 2.0.
#AmericanSamoa has already said NO. Respect it. 🌊✊
#FPIC #IndigenousRights #KeepItInTheSeabed #DefendTheDeep #Moratorium
4 ships. 10.5M tons of nodules a year. #DeepSeaCritters? Probably not invited. #TMC seabed armada is coming, permits pending, chaos guaranteed. Will countries call the #DeepSeaMining bluff or just watch? 🌊⚒️ Let's #DefendTheDeep and #KeepItInTheSeabed.
Mijnbouwbedrijf wil eerste diepzeemijn veel sneller leeghalen
Niet één of twee schepen die gelijktijdig de zeebodem mijnen, maar vier. De plannen voor de eerste zeemijn blijken omvangrijker dan gedacht.
www.trouw.nl
August 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
4 ships. 10.5M tons of nodules a year. #DeepSeaCritters? Probably not invited. #TMC seabed armada is coming, permits pending, chaos guaranteed. Will countries call the #DeepSeaMining bluff or just watch? 🌊⚒️ Let's #DefendTheDeep and #KeepItInTheSeabed.
#DeepSeaMining: because who doesn’t want to ruin the ocean floor for some shiny rocks? 🌊💀 Luckily, expert Pradeep Singh explains why it’s a terrible idea in this fresh piece by @mongabay.com. Thanks for debunking the myths! Let's #DefendTheDeep and #KeepItInTheSeabed!
Deep-sea mining is a false solution to our challenges (commentary)
The deep sea, the planet’s most expansive and least understood ecosystem, remains largely unexplored. Yet while the deep sea may seem a dark and distant space, events underwater directly impact our li...
news.mongabay.com
August 20, 2025 at 11:04 AM
#DeepSeaMining: because who doesn’t want to ruin the ocean floor for some shiny rocks? 🌊💀 Luckily, expert Pradeep Singh explains why it’s a terrible idea in this fresh piece by @mongabay.com. Thanks for debunking the myths! Let's #DefendTheDeep and #KeepItInTheSeabed!
Mining the #DeepSea isn’t just a tech gamble, it’s a cultural wound. #CookIslands debate shows why the Pacific needs a #Moratorium on #DeepSeaMining: protect identity, sovereignty and the ocean that sustains us. This in a fresh piece by @rnzrss.bsky.social today. #DefendTheDeep #KeepItInTheSeabed
Cook Islands confronts critical questions on identity as debate on deep sea mining grows
The question facing its people is no longer just about mining - but about identity, sovereignty, stewardship, and the ocean that binds them all.
www.rnz.co.nz
August 18, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Mining the #DeepSea isn’t just a tech gamble, it’s a cultural wound. #CookIslands debate shows why the Pacific needs a #Moratorium on #DeepSeaMining: protect identity, sovereignty and the ocean that sustains us. This in a fresh piece by @rnzrss.bsky.social today. #DefendTheDeep #KeepItInTheSeabed
🚨 New article out in #Nature: The #InternationalSeabedAuthority is nowhere ready to monitor #DeepSeaMining. 🌊⚒️
The #ISA regulations are not even in beta testing mode. Meanwhile, industry is already at the starting line. 🕳️⚡ Yet, history tells us: Lets not make this up as we go. 📜🔍 #DefendTheDeep
The #ISA regulations are not even in beta testing mode. Meanwhile, industry is already at the starting line. 🕳️⚡ Yet, history tells us: Lets not make this up as we go. 📜🔍 #DefendTheDeep
Improved environmental monitoring is essential to regulate deep-seabed mining - Nature Reviews Biodiversity
The environmental effects of deep-seabed mining can only be managed within acceptable limits if they are effectively monitored. To achieve this for deep-seabed mining in international waters, four cri...
www.nature.com
August 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
🚨 New article out in #Nature: The #InternationalSeabedAuthority is nowhere ready to monitor #DeepSeaMining. 🌊⚒️
The #ISA regulations are not even in beta testing mode. Meanwhile, industry is already at the starting line. 🕳️⚡ Yet, history tells us: Lets not make this up as we go. 📜🔍 #DefendTheDeep
The #ISA regulations are not even in beta testing mode. Meanwhile, industry is already at the starting line. 🕳️⚡ Yet, history tells us: Lets not make this up as we go. 📜🔍 #DefendTheDeep
The #Trump push to fast-track #DeepSeaMining feels like skipping the ‘read the instructions’ phase… right before we break the planet’s last intact ecosystems. 🌍🔨Read the new piece by @fieseler.bsky.social here on the need to safeguard the #CommonHeritageofHumankind. #Moratorium #DefendTheDeep
Trump’s push to mine deep-sea battery metals draws ire from allies
At U.N. talks in Jamaica, allies blasted the U.S. bid to unilaterally mine the high seas. Some made an unusual move to side with America’s economic foe:…
www.canarymedia.com
August 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The #Trump push to fast-track #DeepSeaMining feels like skipping the ‘read the instructions’ phase… right before we break the planet’s last intact ecosystems. 🌍🔨Read the new piece by @fieseler.bsky.social here on the need to safeguard the #CommonHeritageofHumankind. #Moratorium #DefendTheDeep