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Deep sea mining robot Patania II beginning its descent into the Pacific Ocean. Credit - GSR/Reuters
August 30, 2021
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Trillions of metallic nodules on the sea floor could help stop global heating, but mining them may damage ocean ecology... These metallic morsels could...help humanity save itself from the ravages of global warming, argue mining companies who say their extraction should be rated an international priority...Other researchers disagree – vehemently. They say mining deep-sea nodules would be catastrophic for our already stressed, plastic-ridden, overheated oceans.

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