Sunday, 27 November 2016

A New Threat to Oceans: Deep-Sea Mining for Precious Metals

A New Threat to Oceans: Deep-Sea Mining for Precious Metals

“Whether mining these nodules will help end cycles of war and peace still remains to be seen, but Mero was right about one thing: They are now the precious targets, worth millions of dollars, of an emerging deep-sea mining industry, and that’s making many researchers like Craig Smith, a professor of oceanography at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa, cautious.” By Sarah Fahmy.

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