the mishap but blamed it on a technical issue, vowing that the problem was fixed and that the unprompted discharge "did not have the potential to cause serious harm."
But the scientists' testimony still casts a looming shadow of doubt over TMC's honesty. They claim that one of the company's subcontractors tried to influence their findings by telling them to collect water samples when there were no sediment plumes. Furthermore, they allege that the subcontractor went off-plan by using a robot to generate a disturbance, meaning their data gathered to assess the company's purported mining techniques was now useless.As the hunt for rare earth minerals needed to make electric car batteries ramps up, deep sea mining has been touted as a way of obtaining them.
But the industry and its practices remain largely opaque, masking the potential harm it does to our oceans. Needless to say, it's an extremely controversial practice that has many concerned over
Did you know? icebergs are only about 10% of their total mass visible above the waterline. This means that if you see a large iceberg floating in the ocean, it's likely that the vast majority of its mass is hidden beneath the surface, and only a small portion is visible
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we’re just gonna completely fuck up this planet.