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Heading to the deep end without knowing how to swim: Do we need Deep-Seabed mining?

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The deep seafloor is regarded as a potentially large source of the minerals needed for producing batteries to fuel the transition to a low-carbon energy system, but rapid understrained mining would have severe impacts on deep-ocean ecosystems and should be avoided. We propose alternative pathways forward.
Display date:
2022
Location:
Worldwide
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Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
Publisher:
Elsevier BV
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Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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