Dominik Wiedenhofer
@dominikwiedenhofer.bsky.social
Sustainability, Industrial Ecology, Circular Economy, Climate Change Mitigation. Senior Scientist & Lecturer, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna. Born at 344ppm.
https://boku.ac.at/en/personen/person/EC2B15284DC69568
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Industry Transformations for High Service Provisioning with Lower Energy and Material Demand: A Review of Models and Scenarios | Annual Reviews
Developing transformative pathways for industry's compliance with international climate targets requires model-based insights into how supply- and demand-side measures affect industry, material c...
doi.org
Understanding #Transformation pathways complying with climate targets requires model-based insights. Herein, we review studies modeling industry in low energy & material demand futures and find large mitigation potentials, but also crucial limitations of existing models. doi.org/10.1146/annu...
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🧪 🧪 Has birds’ mysterious ‘compass’ organ been found at last? -- Multiple lines of evidence suggest that pigeons sense magnetic fields by detecting electric currents in their inner ears.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Has birds’ mysterious ‘compass’ organ been found at last?
Multiple lines of evidence suggest that pigeons sense magnetic fields by detecting electric currents in their inner ears.
www.nature.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
🧪 🧪 Has birds’ mysterious ‘compass’ organ been found at last? -- Multiple lines of evidence suggest that pigeons sense magnetic fields by detecting electric currents in their inner ears.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Devastating floods led to a 4.3% global reduction in annual rice yield from 1980 to 2015, new #ScienceAdvances research finds. https://scim.ag/4iiwfYd
Severe floods significantly reduce global rice yields
Rice-killing floods reduce global rice yield by 4.3%, with losses rising due to increasing extreme floods since 2000.
scim.ag
November 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Devastating floods led to a 4.3% global reduction in annual rice yield from 1980 to 2015, new #ScienceAdvances research finds. https://scim.ag/4iiwfYd
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Read this interview with @peterthorne.bsky.social to understand how dire the situation is with respect to US science funding. The US has played an outsized role in Earth observations and global coordination, and even if other nations decide to step in, it would take at least a decade to recover.
Without US satellites, 'we go dark', climate monitor tells AFP
US budget cuts risk creating blind spots in Earth monitoring systems that would imperil weather forecasting and climate research for years to come, the deputy chair of a key UN-backed climate monitori...
www.france24.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Read this interview with @peterthorne.bsky.social to understand how dire the situation is with respect to US science funding. The US has played an outsized role in Earth observations and global coordination, and even if other nations decide to step in, it would take at least a decade to recover.
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Why do global environmental institutions multiply and persist even when they seem unable to address biodiversity loss and environmental governance failures effectively?
Our new OA article with @jacquelinebest.bsky.social in @risjnl.bsky.social tries to answer this question. 1/7
cup.org/4hZNlcX
Our new OA article with @jacquelinebest.bsky.social in @risjnl.bsky.social tries to answer this question. 1/7
cup.org/4hZNlcX
Failure-proof or failure-prone? The paradoxes of global biodiversity institutions | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core
Failure-proof or failure-prone? The paradoxes of global biodiversity institutions
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November 19, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Why do global environmental institutions multiply and persist even when they seem unable to address biodiversity loss and environmental governance failures effectively?
Our new OA article with @jacquelinebest.bsky.social in @risjnl.bsky.social tries to answer this question. 1/7
cup.org/4hZNlcX
Our new OA article with @jacquelinebest.bsky.social in @risjnl.bsky.social tries to answer this question. 1/7
cup.org/4hZNlcX
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Eine kleine Idee tanzt über die Flure der #COP30, ob sie ein ausgewachsenes Vorhaben werden kann, muss sich noch zeigen: Eine Roadmap zum Ausstieg aus Fossilen Energien.
Hä? Ja, keine Sorge, zurücklehnen, ich erklär das.
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Hä? Ja, keine Sorge, zurücklehnen, ich erklär das.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Eine kleine Idee tanzt über die Flure der #COP30, ob sie ein ausgewachsenes Vorhaben werden kann, muss sich noch zeigen: Eine Roadmap zum Ausstieg aus Fossilen Energien.
Hä? Ja, keine Sorge, zurücklehnen, ich erklär das.
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Hä? Ja, keine Sorge, zurücklehnen, ich erklär das.
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$170,000 a minute: Why Saudi Arabia is the biggest blocker of climate action
The desert kingdom depends on oil dollars but its people already face a climate ‘at the verge of livability’. What’s going on?
#COP30 #climatecrisis
Story by me
1/7
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
The desert kingdom depends on oil dollars but its people already face a climate ‘at the verge of livability’. What’s going on?
#COP30 #climatecrisis
Story by me
1/7
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
$170,000 a minute: why Saudi Arabia is the biggest blocker of climate action
Desert kingdom depends on oil dollars but its people already face a climate ‘at the verge of livability’. What’s going on?
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:34 PM
$170,000 a minute: Why Saudi Arabia is the biggest blocker of climate action
The desert kingdom depends on oil dollars but its people already face a climate ‘at the verge of livability’. What’s going on?
#COP30 #climatecrisis
Story by me
1/7
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
The desert kingdom depends on oil dollars but its people already face a climate ‘at the verge of livability’. What’s going on?
#COP30 #climatecrisis
Story by me
1/7
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Academia is plagued by not-fit-for-purpose metrics that are then used ranking individuals and institutions
Will we ever move away from these? - there is a lot of talk but not a great deal of action?
The comment ⬇️ is a refreshing look at the problem.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Will we ever move away from these? - there is a lot of talk but not a great deal of action?
The comment ⬇️ is a refreshing look at the problem.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
To reform universities, first tackle global rankings
Universities are in thrall to a rankings system that prioritizes narrow aspects of academic life. Three changes would give institutions the freedom to explore fresh ways of working.
www.nature.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Academia is plagued by not-fit-for-purpose metrics that are then used ranking individuals and institutions
Will we ever move away from these? - there is a lot of talk but not a great deal of action?
The comment ⬇️ is a refreshing look at the problem.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Will we ever move away from these? - there is a lot of talk but not a great deal of action?
The comment ⬇️ is a refreshing look at the problem.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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🐳 New study finds‼️7 kg‼️of #plastic items – chiefly polyethylene sheets- in a beaked whale in Rhodes, Mediterranean, which likely caused malnutrition, potentially contributing to the whale's death. PE sheets carried oil/tar increasing the risk for toxic effects.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 17, 2025 at 10:29 AM
🐳 New study finds‼️7 kg‼️of #plastic items – chiefly polyethylene sheets- in a beaked whale in Rhodes, Mediterranean, which likely caused malnutrition, potentially contributing to the whale's death. PE sheets carried oil/tar increasing the risk for toxic effects.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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My fear is scientists will just sit by & be complicit. Saying you are for 1.5C or net zero is not ambition.
If rich country GHG or CO2 emissions are not dropping at >5% per year, they are not remotely consistent with 1.5C, nor net zero in a reasonable time frame.
Scientists need to point this out.
If rich country GHG or CO2 emissions are not dropping at >5% per year, they are not remotely consistent with 1.5C, nor net zero in a reasonable time frame.
Scientists need to point this out.
Rich, historical polluter countries that had the highest legal responsibility to take climate action failed. And now some of these same countries are speaking about '1.5C ambition'. What a charade
November 15, 2025 at 8:03 AM
My fear is scientists will just sit by & be complicit. Saying you are for 1.5C or net zero is not ambition.
If rich country GHG or CO2 emissions are not dropping at >5% per year, they are not remotely consistent with 1.5C, nor net zero in a reasonable time frame.
Scientists need to point this out.
If rich country GHG or CO2 emissions are not dropping at >5% per year, they are not remotely consistent with 1.5C, nor net zero in a reasonable time frame.
Scientists need to point this out.
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USA gegen China, die beiden wichtigsten Wirtschaftsmächte der Welt liefern sich einen brutalen Kampf um die Nummer 1. Der Economist legt sich fest, wer gewinnen wird: China. Xi schlägt Trump mit seinen eigenen Waffen. Und das betrifft auch uns. www.newsflix.at/s/das-duell-...
Das Duell um die Welt: Warum China Trump besiegen wird – Expertise | Newsflix.at
Handelskrieg: China triumphiert über Trump. Trotz US-Druck zeigt China Stärke und formt neue globale Handelsnormen. Aktuelle Entwicklungen hier!
www.newsflix.at
October 24, 2025 at 6:22 AM
USA gegen China, die beiden wichtigsten Wirtschaftsmächte der Welt liefern sich einen brutalen Kampf um die Nummer 1. Der Economist legt sich fest, wer gewinnen wird: China. Xi schlägt Trump mit seinen eigenen Waffen. Und das betrifft auch uns. www.newsflix.at/s/das-duell-...
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Pornos, Slop und Probleme.
Sehr kundige Analyse von @sukahiroaki.bsky.social.
Sehr kundige Analyse von @sukahiroaki.bsky.social.
ChatGPT-Hersteller OpenAI im Umbruch: Die Hypemaschine strauchelt
Angesichts abflachender Entwicklung und lauter werdender Warnungen vor einer KI-Blase will das zentrale Start-up der Branche zum neuen Facebook werden – und nicht nur das
www.derstandard.at
November 3, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Pornos, Slop und Probleme.
Sehr kundige Analyse von @sukahiroaki.bsky.social.
Sehr kundige Analyse von @sukahiroaki.bsky.social.
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Rosi Schwaiger, gewiss keine Kadersozialistin entlarvt in der Presse die Anti-Babler-Kampagne des Boulevards.
November 9, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Rosi Schwaiger, gewiss keine Kadersozialistin entlarvt in der Presse die Anti-Babler-Kampagne des Boulevards.
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Deregulation - the dark path to poison in your lungs, excrement in your rivers, carcinogens in your food.
A growing movement in Brussels is spreading the message that asking business to follow rules leads to economic death. They're working hard to destroy EU environmental + chemical protections.
A growing movement in Brussels is spreading the message that asking business to follow rules leads to economic death. They're working hard to destroy EU environmental + chemical protections.
November 13, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Deregulation - the dark path to poison in your lungs, excrement in your rivers, carcinogens in your food.
A growing movement in Brussels is spreading the message that asking business to follow rules leads to economic death. They're working hard to destroy EU environmental + chemical protections.
A growing movement in Brussels is spreading the message that asking business to follow rules leads to economic death. They're working hard to destroy EU environmental + chemical protections.
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Habe heute einem gut 70jährigen ehemaligen Spitzenpolitiker zugehört, der fordert: Die Leute müssen früher aufstehen und mehr arbeiten. Und im Alter länger im Job bleiben. Strengt euch an für mehr Wirtschaftswachstum!
Und ich kann diesen Zynismus nicht mehr hören. (Thread)
Und ich kann diesen Zynismus nicht mehr hören. (Thread)
November 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Habe heute einem gut 70jährigen ehemaligen Spitzenpolitiker zugehört, der fordert: Die Leute müssen früher aufstehen und mehr arbeiten. Und im Alter länger im Job bleiben. Strengt euch an für mehr Wirtschaftswachstum!
Und ich kann diesen Zynismus nicht mehr hören. (Thread)
Und ich kann diesen Zynismus nicht mehr hören. (Thread)
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Vier BOKU-Forschende zählen zu den weltweit meistzitierten Wissenschaftler*innen in der Analyse Highly Cited Researchers 2025 von Clarivate Analytics. Wir gratulieren @dominikwiedenhofer.bsky.social, @hehaberl.bsky.social, Karlheinz Erb & Erwin Schmid! short.boku.ac.at/p94g8p000000...
November 13, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Vier BOKU-Forschende zählen zu den weltweit meistzitierten Wissenschaftler*innen in der Analyse Highly Cited Researchers 2025 von Clarivate Analytics. Wir gratulieren @dominikwiedenhofer.bsky.social, @hehaberl.bsky.social, Karlheinz Erb & Erwin Schmid! short.boku.ac.at/p94g8p000000...
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The IEA has brought back the Current Policies Scenario (CPS) in the World Energy Outlook (WEO).
I think this will be useful. Fossil CO2 emissions keep rising, when they should be falling. It is time to admit that. So I hope the CPS can help address this issue.
www.iea.org/reports/worl...
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I think this will be useful. Fossil CO2 emissions keep rising, when they should be falling. It is time to admit that. So I hope the CPS can help address this issue.
www.iea.org/reports/worl...
1/
November 12, 2025 at 10:25 AM
The IEA has brought back the Current Policies Scenario (CPS) in the World Energy Outlook (WEO).
I think this will be useful. Fossil CO2 emissions keep rising, when they should be falling. It is time to admit that. So I hope the CPS can help address this issue.
www.iea.org/reports/worl...
1/
I think this will be useful. Fossil CO2 emissions keep rising, when they should be falling. It is time to admit that. So I hope the CPS can help address this issue.
www.iea.org/reports/worl...
1/
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Volle Zustimmung! Ich nutze den ENB @enb.iisd.org seitdem ich 1994 bei der CBD COP4 in Bratislava war (ja, das war noch während des Studiums ;-) im Rahmen eines Praktikums bei @bfn-de.bsky.social) und kann ihn nur allen wärmstens empfehlen, die an internationaler Umweltpolitik interessiert sind!
Es gibt viele Medien, Journalist*innen und Delegierte, die von der #UNFCCC #COP30 aus #Belém berichten. Soweit, so gut!
Um möglichst nah an den Verhandlungen zu sein, empfiehlt sich aber vor allem ein Medium: das Earth Negotiations Bulletin @enb.iisd.org! ⬇️
Um möglichst nah an den Verhandlungen zu sein, empfiehlt sich aber vor allem ein Medium: das Earth Negotiations Bulletin @enb.iisd.org! ⬇️
UN Climate Change Conference - Belém, November 2025
Climate change negotiators meeting in Brazil for COP 30 will face intense pressure to agree on indicators to measure adaptation and a roadmap to quadruple the new collective quantified goal on climate...
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November 11, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Volle Zustimmung! Ich nutze den ENB @enb.iisd.org seitdem ich 1994 bei der CBD COP4 in Bratislava war (ja, das war noch während des Studiums ;-) im Rahmen eines Praktikums bei @bfn-de.bsky.social) und kann ihn nur allen wärmstens empfehlen, die an internationaler Umweltpolitik interessiert sind!
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Yes, this is correct. And the reason is because our capitalist classes have decided that it is not sufficiently profitable, so they're not going to do it.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
November 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Yes, this is correct. And the reason is because our capitalist classes have decided that it is not sufficiently profitable, so they're not going to do it.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
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Ahead of COP 30 I’ve been thinking about the irony that the critics of our 1.5 IPCC report are many of the people now saying it’s too late to act because we’ve going past 1.5 & we must focus on instead on technological fixes to address overshoot - here’s why I think these arguments are distractions
November 10, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Ahead of COP 30 I’ve been thinking about the irony that the critics of our 1.5 IPCC report are many of the people now saying it’s too late to act because we’ve going past 1.5 & we must focus on instead on technological fixes to address overshoot - here’s why I think these arguments are distractions
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Freely available here: academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
Co-authors include @michaelemann.bsky.social, Johan Rockström, and @petergleick.bsky.social
Co-authors include @michaelemann.bsky.social, Johan Rockström, and @petergleick.bsky.social
The 2025 state of the climate report: a planet on the brink
We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet's vital signs are flashing red. The consequences of human-driven alterations of the climate are no longer
academic.oup.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Freely available here: academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
Co-authors include @michaelemann.bsky.social, Johan Rockström, and @petergleick.bsky.social
Co-authors include @michaelemann.bsky.social, Johan Rockström, and @petergleick.bsky.social
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Im Oktober vermeldete die Weltwetterorganisation (WMO), dass die Emissionen im Vorjahr schneller stiegen als je zuvor.
Im brasilianischen Belem beginnt heute die 30. Weltklimakonferenz.
Was bringen die Verhandlungen eigentlich?
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
Im brasilianischen Belem beginnt heute die 30. Weltklimakonferenz.
Was bringen die Verhandlungen eigentlich?
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
30 Jahre Weltklimagipfel: Was bringen diese Verhandlungen überhaupt?
Am Montag startet der zweiwöchige Klimagipfel in Brasilien. Angesichts der rückläufigen Klimabemühungen dürften die Gespräche zäh werden. Doch für das Gastgeberland hat das Ergebnis viel Gewicht
www.derstandard.at
November 10, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Im Oktober vermeldete die Weltwetterorganisation (WMO), dass die Emissionen im Vorjahr schneller stiegen als je zuvor.
Im brasilianischen Belem beginnt heute die 30. Weltklimakonferenz.
Was bringen die Verhandlungen eigentlich?
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
Im brasilianischen Belem beginnt heute die 30. Weltklimakonferenz.
Was bringen die Verhandlungen eigentlich?
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
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«I suspect many of us have had the experience of not using a skill long enough to completely un-learn it. LLMs enable this, but with every skill.»
This piece by @malwaretech.com a must read! In every possible way!
malwaretech.com/2025/08/ever...
This piece by @malwaretech.com a must read! In every possible way!
malwaretech.com/2025/08/ever...
Every Reason Why I Hate AI and You Should Too
maybe it's anti-innovation, maybe it's just avoiding hype. But one thing is clear, I'm completely done with hearing about AI.
malwaretech.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:59 AM
«I suspect many of us have had the experience of not using a skill long enough to completely un-learn it. LLMs enable this, but with every skill.»
This piece by @malwaretech.com a must read! In every possible way!
malwaretech.com/2025/08/ever...
This piece by @malwaretech.com a must read! In every possible way!
malwaretech.com/2025/08/ever...
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#COP30
>5000 "lobbyists mingling with world leaders & climate negotiators [..] worked for at least 859 fossil fuel organizations including trade groups, foundations & 180 oil, gas & coal companies involved in every part of the supply chain from exploration & production to distribution & equipment"
>5000 "lobbyists mingling with world leaders & climate negotiators [..] worked for at least 859 fossil fuel organizations including trade groups, foundations & 180 oil, gas & coal companies involved in every part of the supply chain from exploration & production to distribution & equipment"
Exclusive by me: How thousands fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then oil and gas companies kept drilling
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then kept drilling
Exclusive: Research shows oil, gas and coal firms’ unprecedented access to Cop26-29, blocking urgent climate action
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:06 PM
#COP30
>5000 "lobbyists mingling with world leaders & climate negotiators [..] worked for at least 859 fossil fuel organizations including trade groups, foundations & 180 oil, gas & coal companies involved in every part of the supply chain from exploration & production to distribution & equipment"
>5000 "lobbyists mingling with world leaders & climate negotiators [..] worked for at least 859 fossil fuel organizations including trade groups, foundations & 180 oil, gas & coal companies involved in every part of the supply chain from exploration & production to distribution & equipment"
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📣New publication! “The gendered costs of human-wildlife conflict: A global systematic review” in @ambio-journal.bsky.social. Led by Katie Adler, also w/Dr. Meredith Gore. We found that costs vary significantly by location & context, & deserve more study.
Check it out:
doi.org/10.1007/s132...
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Check it out:
doi.org/10.1007/s132...
🧪🌏
November 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
📣New publication! “The gendered costs of human-wildlife conflict: A global systematic review” in @ambio-journal.bsky.social. Led by Katie Adler, also w/Dr. Meredith Gore. We found that costs vary significantly by location & context, & deserve more study.
Check it out:
doi.org/10.1007/s132...
🧪🌏
Check it out:
doi.org/10.1007/s132...
🧪🌏
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This study by my colleagues at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa shows that deep sea mining waste to be released near the ocean surface would disrupt marine food webs.
The same would be true of grinding and spreading rocks in the ocean for CO₂ removal. 🌊
The same would be true of grinding and spreading rocks in the ocean for CO₂ removal. 🌊
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 7, 2025 at 10:18 AM
This study by my colleagues at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa shows that deep sea mining waste to be released near the ocean surface would disrupt marine food webs.
The same would be true of grinding and spreading rocks in the ocean for CO₂ removal. 🌊
The same would be true of grinding and spreading rocks in the ocean for CO₂ removal. 🌊