Deep Sea Defenders

Tag: polymetallic nodules

  • 5 Reasons to Ban Deep Sea Mining

    5 Reasons to Ban Deep Sea Mining

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    BY JULIA BARNES Image by Sebastian Pena Lambarri Exploitation of the deep sea may begin in less than two years. Here’s why it should be stopped. If removed, polymetallic nodules would not recover on anything but a geological timescale. They grow incredibly slowly — at a rate of 10mm per million years. Drawing of a cross…