Deep sea mining stresses jellyfish
From Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR) 25/11/23 The deep sea is home to one of the world’s largest communities of animals about which we still know very little. Yet it is already subject to a growing number of human-induced environmental pressures. How do its inhabitants respond to these stressors? A new study led […]
Deep-sea mining environmental impact bigger than expected
From CELL PRESS 17/07/2023 In 2020, Japan performed the first successful test extracting cobalt crusts from the top of deep-sea mountains to mine cobalt—a mineral used in electric vehicle batteries. Not only do directly mined areas become less habitable for ocean animals, but mining also creates a plume of sediment that can spread through the […]