Deep-sea mining: A new gold rush or environmental disaster?
Deep-sea mining: A new gold rush or environmental disaster?
Environmentalists warn deep-sea mining could cause major damage to ecosystems that scientists know little about.
I'm pretty sure the original gold rush was also an environmental disaster that destroyed agriculture and introduced mercury contamination to the waterways, so this may be a bit of a false dichotomy.
See that was my first thought. The two things don't have to be mutually exclusive. In fact, I'd say deep sea mining will be both!
They're the same picture.
yes. some people will get extremely rich while the rest of us are left to pay for the clean up.
It can be two things.
Wasn't deep sea mining a cover up for stealing some russian submarine?
What are they stealing this time?
Oil and minerals from the Atlantians.