Deep-sea mining: Climate solution or ecological threat?

The International Seabed Authority is meeting to devise regulations that could allow mining of the deep ocean floor for minerals needed for green energy technology. But bringing those minerals to the surface could disrupt delicate deep-sea ecosystems.

For Some Islanders, Deep Sea Mining Evokes Colonialism – Mother Jones

Deep-sea mining – plans are taking shape « World Ocean Review

Joint NGO call on the International Seabed Authority: Protect the marine environment from harm! - Seas at Risk

Checking in on ocean-based climate solutions

Understanding the impact of deep-sea mining, MIT News

Deep-sea mining: An environmental solution or impending catastrophe?

Deep-sea mining: An environmental solution or impending catastrophe?

Deep-sea mining effects may be felt from top to bottom, surface to seabed

Impacts of deep‐sea mining on microbial ecosystem services - Orcutt - 2020 - Limnology and Oceanography - Wiley Online Library