Resource companies and island nations are scouring the deep sea for metals that could power electric cars.
The Cook Islands Government believes deep-sea mining could contribute to the fight against climate change and end the country’s economic dependence on tourism. But environmentalists say extracting minerals from 5,000 metres beneath the ocean’s surface could be catastrophic for fragile marine ecosystems the scientific world knows little about.
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