Plans for deep seabed mining pit renewable energy demand against ocean life in a largely unexplored frontier
Less than 10% of the deep seabed has been mapped to understand its basic structure and contents
Source: downtoearth.org.in
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Less than 10% of the deep seabed has been mapped to understand its basic structure and contents
What's down there, and why should we care?
By Scott Shackelford, (Indiana University) As companies race to expand renewable energy and the batteries to store it, finding sufficient amounts of rare earth metals to build the technology is...
Mining nodules from the deep ocean seabed could provide the metals crucial for today’s EV batteries and renewable energy technology, but little is known about the harm it could cause.
What's down there, and why should we care?