The ocean floor is typically home to dead whales, sunken ships, and long-abandoned shopping carts. Mysterious artefacts such ...

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Machines mining minerals in the deep ocean have been found to cause significant damage to life on the seabed, scientists ...

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As demand for cobalt, nickel, and other critical minerals surges, governments and companies are eyeing the deep ocean floor.

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An ocean-mining company has funded some of the most comprehensive scientific studies to date, and peer-reviewed results have ...

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Machines mining minerals in the deep ocean have been found to cause significant damage to life on the seabed, scientists carrying out the largest study of its kind say.