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New #DeepSeaMining science just dropped 🌊🔬 🐙 Clear risks of biodiversity loss ⏳ Impacts lasting decades 🌐 Ecosystems/species found nowhere else 🗺️ Most of the deep ocean still unexplored We are still discovering species… and already drafting extraction plans 🤔
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The deep sea contains a wealth of mineral resources which have been explored for potential commercial use since the 1970s. As demand and technology make the mining of the seafloor a real possibility, ...
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Review of the impacts of deep-sea mining highlights the risk of biodiversity loss in unique ecosystems | National Oceanography Centre
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