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Deep-Sea Mining Test in the Pacific Drastically Reduced Biodiversity and Animal Populations
The Metals Company wants to be the first firm to commercially mine the seafloor. The study it funded suggests that mining ...
Cephalopods—the class of animals that comprises octopuses and squids—are ubiquitous throughout the ocean, including in the ...
With baseline data tracking 3,000 tonnes of polymetallic nodules at a depth of 4,280 metres, the study represents the largest ...
Perhaps it was hiding from predators. Or trying to catch food. Then again, maybe it just wanted to be left alone.
Machines mining minerals in the deep ocean have been found to cause significant damage to life on the seabed, scientists ...
The number of sea-floor animals fell by 37 per cent in a deep-sea mining exploration zone, according to a study published on ...
But even when taking these natural changes into account, the results of the mining tests were clear. The number of species in ...
The study probed the effect of the emerging industry’s impact on biodiversity. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...
The Cool Down on MSN
Experts warn ongoing crisis at bottom of Pacific Ocean could be a direct threat to thousands of animals: 'One of the largest studies ever'
"Being able to study these remote and poorly-known deep-sea regions is a huge privilege." Experts warn ongoing crisis at ...
The Daily Galaxy on MSN
Scientists just found creatures living at the bottom of the ocean, and they may be the closest thing we have to aliens
In the inky blackness nearly 10,000 meters below the Pacific Ocean, scientists have discovered strange animals that may hold ...
During the lockdowns of 2020, global shipping was severely restricted and ocean noise pollution all but ceased. Instead the ...
Seafloor animals decreased by 37% in a deep-sea mining exploration zone, a landmark report has found. Scientists from the ...
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