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The Yeti Crab finds warm paradise in otherwise chilly waters
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The Yeti Crab finds warm paradise in otherwise chilly waters
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6 May 2021 (Greenpeace International)* — Climate breakdown. Plastic pollution. Overfishing. The oceans are facing more threats than ever – and yet, there’s a new baddie in town. A secretive industry is ramping up that would put even more pressure on our oceans: deep sea mining. The deep sea mining industry is planning to send monster machines to plunder the seabed and extract polymetallic nodules – potato-sized lumps of rocks loaded with metals and minerals. Deep sea mining isn’t happening yet, but the kinds of metals this industry is targeting are used in phones, laptops and batte...
Oceanographer. some videos came to us 8,000 feet down. the water temperature as i understand it is 32 degrees but they have heat source and energy source down there. >> well, that's right. the water temperature is actually at freezing but because it is seawater it doesn't really form ice. the amazing thing that the water, fluids coming out of these hot vents are at temperatures of 725 degrees. that is hot enough to melt lead. this is truly an extreme environment but one that supports an amazing ecosystem. jon: we were looking at some pictures, video of these yetti crabs. there is kind of an in...
Some videos came to us 8,000 feet down. the water temperature as i understand it is 32 degrees but they have heat source and energy source down there. >> well, that's right. the water temperature is actually at freezing but because it is seawater it doesn't really form ice. the amazing thing that the water, fluids coming out of these hot vents are at temperatures of 725 degrees. that is hot enough to melt lead. this is truly an extreme environment but one that supports an amazing ecosystem. jon: we were looking at some pictures, video of these yetti crabs. there is kind of an interesting nickn...