Mediterranean Icebergs - Invisible Connections Underwater

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.

illustrations color and b/w
language English
1st print spring 2025

contents:
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