More scaremongering and demagoguery! Deep sea mining of the rich polymetallic nodules that are found on the deep seabed, 15,000 feet below sea level "located between Hawaii and the West Coast of the United States — also known as the Clarion Clipperton Fracture Zone — is estimated to possess six times more cobalt and three times more nickel than all known land-based stores, as well as vast deposits of manganese and a substantial amount of copper" has been known for several decades and we still have not started to mine it!
The environmental concerns raised in the article below are as usual overblown! Stoking these fears are good for funding such environmental studies! These researchers are concerned about what? Plumes of dust?
The nonsensical precautionary principle is invoked. I blogged previously about this principle here.
Understanding the impact of deep-sea mining | MIT News: Mining materials from the sea floor could help secure a low-carbon future, but researchers at MIT and beyond are racing to understand the environmental effects.
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