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Trump's deep-sea mining executive order sparks condemnation by scientists and conservationists
Scientists and legal experts warn against commercial deep-sea mining as US President Donald Trump signs an executive order ...
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Trump Order Fast-Tracking Deep-Sea Mining Threatens Ocean Health
Based on some known mining exploration zones, these might include cold-water corals, glass sponges and xenophyophores, which are single-celled creatures that build critical habitat for other species ...
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Trump's deep-sea mining executive order sparks condemnation by scientists and conservationists
"We also found the first early signs of a recovery process starting to take place, with some mobile animals returning to the tracks and shelled-amoeba-like xenophyophores recolonising. "This early ...
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In 1979, a Deep-Sea Mining Experiment in the Pacific Altered the Seafloor—44 Years Later, Its Environmental Impact is Still Revealing Itself
Small and mobile organisms, such as xenophyophores—a type of amoeba-like creature—are beginning to recolonize the disturbed area. These organisms are commonly found throughout the CCZ and have ...
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44 years later, confirmed — Strange signals detected at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean
A group of scientists ventured into an adventure and performed one of the first deep-sea mining activities on the Pacific Ocean’s seabed, and this was in the year 1979. In doing so, they did not ...
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Seafloor surficial sediment variability across the abyssal plains of the central and eastern pacific ocean
Abyssal plains lie at water depths of 3,000–6,000 m and account for 84.7% of the global ocean seafloor. This vast landsystem is believed to be one of the major reservoirs of biodiversity within the ...