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[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/the-race-for-electric-vehicle-parts-leads-to-risky-deep-ocean-mining by Tatiana Schlossberg 4/8/21 PBS] | [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/the-race-for-electric-vehicle-parts-leads-to-risky-deep-ocean-mining by Tatiana Schlossberg 4/8/21 PBS] | ||
Nauru, lying about halfway across the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean between Australia and Hawaii, is the world’s smallest island nation. But in the emerging industry of deep-sea mining, it punches far above its weight. | Nauru, lying about halfway across the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean between Australia and Hawaii, is the world’s smallest island nation. But in the emerging industry of deep-sea mining, it punches far above its weight. | ||
=====Treasure and Turmoil in the Deep Sea===== | |||
[https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/14/opinion/deep-ocean-mining-pollution.html by By Steven H.D. Haddock and C. Anela Choy 14/8/20 The New York Times] | |||
There is treasure in the sea, and much of it lies in plain view on the deep ocean floor. Fields of metallic nodules and towering hydrothermal chimneys accumulate precious and industrially prized metals, estimated to be worth many billions to even trillions of dollars. | |||
