Amber X. Chen (@amberonradio.bsky.social)

For @smithsonianmag.bsky.social, I wrote about the environmental harms of deep-sea mining. Companies looking to mine the deep-sea claim that the practice is sustainable, while its minerals are needed to build more renewable technologies. Scientists disagree. www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...

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As Interest in Deep-Sea Mining Grows, Scientists Raise Alarms About the Possible Ecological Consequences Gathering minerals such as nickel, cobalt, manganese and lithium from the seabed could affect everything from sponges to whales. The long-term effects of these extractions remain uncertain https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/as-interest-in-deep-sea-mining-grows-scientists-raise-alarms-about-the-possible-ecological-consequences-180987009/