When I set sail on the MV NorSky in the summer of 2008 to probe the depths of Manus Basin off the coast of Papua New Guinea, I believed in the promise of deep-sea mining. As an early-career deep-sea ecologist, I was swayed by arguments in favor of this emerging industry. It offered a new […]
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    2 months ago

    Of course the undersea realm is more valuable then just minerals.

    Anthracimycin, part of the multi botic treatment for MRSA, for example was isolated from sediments off the coast of California.

    Imagine what these fuckers will be destroying just for some more lithium (which is going to be far less valuable once sodium batteries hit their zenith)