{"id":58323,"date":"2023-02-08T10:19:43","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T21:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/?p=58323"},"modified":"2024-10-22T12:29:15","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T23:29:15","slug":"5-reasons-why-deep-sea-mining-will-only-get-our-planet-into-deep-trouble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/5-reasons-why-deep-sea-mining-will-only-get-our-planet-into-deep-trouble\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s wrong with deep sea mining? 5 reasons deep sea mining is bad for the planet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The depths of our oceans hide a unique living world that we barely understand \u2013 but these mysteries are already under threat from a controversial new industry: deep sea mining.<\/p>\n\n

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Lion\u2019s Mane Jellyfish, a deep sea creatures found in the Arctic. \u00a9 Alexander Semenov<\/p>\n\n

A handful of companies and governments are planning to send monster machines deep beneath the waves, disrupting sensitive and unique habitats to extract metals and minerals. While licences have been granted to explore for deep sea mining in over a million square kilometres of our global oceans, no deep sea mining is happening \u2013 yet. <\/p>\n\n

Sending gigantic mining machines designed to bulldoze and churn up the seabed is clearly a very bad idea. Want to know how bad? Here\u2019s five reasons why deep sea mining will only get our planet into deep trouble. <\/p>\n\n

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A shoal of Almoco Jacks on the Dom Jo\u00e3o de Castro seamount, Azores.<\/p>\n\n

Reason 1: Very bad news for wildlife<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n

Scientists are warning that plundering the seafloor with monster machines risks inevitable, severe and irreversible environmental damage to our oceans and marine life. You only have to look at some of the names of recent research papers: \u2018Deep-Sea Mining with No Net Loss of Biodiversity \u2013 An Impossible Aim<\/a>\u2019. <\/p>\n