Expedition charts Cook Islands seafloor, amid scrutiny over mining motives

Mongabay
Nov 6, 2025, 3:46 pm184 ptsTrendingTop
Thousands of meters below the ocean’s surface, a camera attached to a remotely operated vehicle captured a ghostly white creature gliding above a plain of polymetallic nodules — mineral-rich rocks that resemble blackened potatoes. The animal’s orchid-shaped fins undulated as it cruised through the water,…

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