Can We Mine the World’s Deep Ocean Without Destroying It?

Yale e360
Jun 15, 2023, 6:30 am227 pts
The U.N. body charged with regulating deep-ocean mining will soon consider whether to permit the first project to move forward. But ecologist Lisa Levin, who has long studied the deep sea, worries that in the rush for key minerals, a pristine and important ecosystem will be lost. Read more on E360 →

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