Comment by LeafySeadragon
3 days ago
P.S. - deep sea mining as a whole will help us explore, discover, and understand our Oceans at a much higher level. It already has, hence the 'dark oxygen' type claims never even thought of before.
3 days ago
P.S. - deep sea mining as a whole will help us explore, discover, and understand our Oceans at a much higher level. It already has, hence the 'dark oxygen' type claims never even thought of before.
The deep sea miners have zero interest in exploration, discovery, and understanding of our Oceans at a much higher level.
The moment research they funded to the end goal of mining suggested there might be an eco system under threat Gerard Barron and the The Metals Company reversed course and took a scorched earth approach to their own researchers.
~ https://eartharxiv.org/repository/view/7717/