EU UNDERSEA STUDY
April 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE ECOLOGICAL havoc that could be wreaked by careless undersea mining operations at the fringes of Europe's continental shelf is to be assessed by a Euro 15 million international study. The European Commission is funding the HERMES project, which involves consortium of 36 research institutes and nine small companies from 15 countries, led by Britain's Southampton Oceanography Centre. Mineral resources could be rich where the shelf, which surrounds the continent, and extends into the Mediterranean and Black seas, plunges from around 200 metres to ...
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