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As countries scramble for minerals, the seabed beckons. Will mining it be a disaster? – visual explainer (www.theguardian.com)

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Mining companies are poised to mine the deep sea – but opposition is growing. What is the environmental cost, and are these metals actually needed?

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[–] yessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 9 months ago

So many horror movies have been made about this, because we know less about the ocean than space. This is a worse idea than mining the moon