Mediterranean Icebergs
Invisible Connections Underwater
by edited by Daphne Dragona and David Bergé
While the largest parts of icebergs — or islands — remain beneath the sea surface, often unmapped and perilous, a myriad of creatures and non-organic matter connect them to other lands. Nowadays, in the era of the climate crisis, what is hidden in the depths of the sea exponentially manifests the impact of anthropogenic activity on the planet. Plastic waste and pollution, deep sea mining, and undersea network infrastructures affect marine biodiversity and life on Earth at large. Mediterranean Icebergs sheds light on forms of agency, be it human, more-than-human, or machinic, that operate in marine environments, paying attention to their entanglements, encounters, and asymmetries. Addressing the interconnectedness of environmental, political, and legal issues, this book takes the Mediterranean as a starting point to discuss what is at stake for all lives depending on the planet’s seas and oceans.
The Memory of the Ocean
by James Bridle
Sea Change
by Hypatia Vourloumis
Manufacturing Icebergs
by Janine Randerson
What Legal Instruments Exist to Regulate Deep-Sea Mining?
by Geert Somers
Silent Change Beneath the Waves
by Thanos Dailianis
They Simply Switch
by Iva Radivojević & Maria F Dolores
Comforting, Inorganic Immersions
by Yorgos Efharis