{"id":259629,"date":"2023-05-29T21:26:11","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T19:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=259629"},"modified":"2023-05-29T21:26:13","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T19:26:13","slug":"deep-sea-mining-controversy-hotspot-teems-with-mystery-animals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=259629","title":{"rendered":"Deep-sea mining controversy: hotspot teems with mystery\u00a0animals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Tallbloke’s Talkshop<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 25, 2023 by\u00a0oldbrew<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Seabed mining<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s already friction<\/a> between some of the big car firms and the mining concerns, with the car people backing a moratorium but the miners insisting they wouldn\u2019t be able to produce enough for the EV markets without exploiting the sea bed.<\/em>
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A vast stretch of ocean floor earmarked for deep sea mining is home to thousands of oddball sea creatures, most of them unknown to science, says BBC News<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

They include weird worms, brightly coloured sea cucumbers and corals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scientists have put together the first full stocktake of species to help weigh up the risks to biodiversity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They say more than 5,000 different animals have been found in the Clarion Clipperton Zone of the Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The area is a prime contender for the mining of precious metals from the sea bed, which could begin as early as this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Companies want to exploit valuable deep-sea metals in international waters, but have yet to start extraction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The place is \u201ea wonderfully weird environment\u201c with a plethora of creatures \u2013 \u201eeverything from strange [sea] cucumbers with elaborate sails on their back to beautiful glass sponges,\u201c said Muriel Rabone of the Natural History Museum in London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe need to know what the biodiversity is and what we may lose from any mining impacts,\u201c she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The researchers sifted through hundreds of scientific papers and thousands of records in databases to compile an inventory of life-forms in the zone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of the thousands of \u201eotherworldly\u201c, \u201ebeautiful\u201c and \u201eethereal\u201c animals recorded, only 400 are known to science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Full article here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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