BBCNEWS Unspun World with John Simpson June 4, 2024 10:50:00
17 deep mining companies from britain, the us and china want to mine the valuable minerals on the sea bed there. presumably, the announcement of the discovery of so many exciting new species isn't altogether a coincidence. i sought the insights of helen briggs, the bbc�*s environment correspondent. this particular area of the pacific, 5,000 different species, the vast majority of which we've never seen before. they're unknown to science. and things like gummy squirrels, they're called. so they're these sea cucumbers drifting over the sea floor. they're bright orange. they�* re bright red. ...