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To the ocean floor and literally harvest metal from the sea bed. so, scientists are signing letters, saying we should pause this. a number of countries are also calling for a moratorium. so, this is going to be a big story coming up — how we protect our oceans, what activities we allow down there because, of course, mining on land can cause pollution. it can cause deforestation, human rights issues. so, a big battle ahead, really, looming for the oceans. actually, it's probably less damaging to take the minerals from the ocean bed than to take them from the forests of, i don't know, the cong...

A number of countries are also calling for a moratorium. so this is going to be a big story coming up. how we protect our oceans, what activities we allow down there. because, of course, mining on land can cause pollution. it can cause deforestation, human rights issues. so a big battle ahead, really, looming for the oceans. actually, it's probably less damaging to take the minerals from the ocean bed than to take them from the forests of, i don't know, the congo or somewhere, isn't it? on the one hand, it could be easier to get hold of these metals, but also we just don't know enough about th...

A number of countries are also calling for a moratorium. so this is going to be a big story coming up. how we protect our oceans, what activities we allow down there. because, of course, mining on land can cause pollution. it can cause deforestation, human rights issues. so a big battle ahead, really, looming for the oceans. actually, it's probably less damaging to take the minerals from the ocean bed than to take them from the forests of, i don't know, the congo or somewhere, isn't it? on the one hand, it could be easier to get hold of these metals, but also we just don't know enough about th...

Ocean currents, a gyre that keeps it in place as it deco decomposes. this one has broken off and has doubled in size in a month. and scientists think maybe it has to do with warmer waters due to climate change, nutrient pollution, phosphorus, nitrogen. we've seen that sort of trigger the red tide and the toxic algae blooms around florida as well. it's hitting the yucatan peninsula now, the beaches there. it probably wouldn't hit florida until july or so. >> and what can be done to prevent this from hitting the beaches? >> i was talking to some experts actually up in maine who work with seaweed...

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