Queen’s researchers discover first species endangered from deep sea mining

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By mmillikinJul 22, 2019, 11:00 am385 pts
Queen’s University Belfast researchers have discovered that the scaly-foot snail, otherwise known as the sea pangolin, is the first species at risk of extinction due to potential deep sea mining by humans. The research is published in Nature Ecology & Evolution. The scaly-foot snail. Chrysomallon squamiferum,…

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