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Ref.: OCEANS MTS/IEEE, Limerick (Ireland), June 2023
Abstract:
TRIDENT aims to contribute to a sustainable exploitation of seabed mineral resources,
by developing a reliable, transparent and cost-effective system for prediction and
continuous environmental impact monitoring of exploration and exploitation activities
in the deep sea. This system will develop and integrate technology and novel solutions
to operate autonomously in remote areas under extreme conditions and provide real-time
data to authorities responsible for permits and supervision. The effective monitoring
and inspection system to be developed will comply with international and national legal
frameworks. TRIDENT will identify all relevant physical, chemical, geological and
biological parameters to be measured at the sea surface, mid-water and seabed and
will also identify gaps in existing data sets, developing solutions to address them.
These are essential steps to obtain statistically robust environmental baselines,
establish reliable indicators of good environmental status and define thresholds for
significant impact, enabling the standardization of tools and methods. The project
consortium will subsequently develop and test an integrated system of static and
mobile observatory platforms equipped with the latest automatic sensors and samplers
to measure environmental parameters on mining and reference areas at representative
spatial and temporal scales. To support quick actions for preventing serious harm
to the environment, the system will implement high-capacity data handling pipelines
able to collect, transmit, process and display monitoring data in near real time.
Finally, it will provide technological and systemic solutions for forecasting potential
environmental impacts of using the developed monitoring and mitigation methods.
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