University of Hawaii: Potential for Species Extinction From Deep-Sea Mining
August 11, 2020
August 11, 2020
HONOLULU, Hawaii, Aug. 11 [LXC] -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release:
The deep-sea, ocean depths below 650 feet (200 meters), constitutes more than 90 percent of the biosphere, harbors the most remote and extreme ecosystems on the planet, and supports biodiversity and ecosystem services of global importance.
A new publication (https://www.cell.com/trends/ecology-evolution/fulltext/S0169-5347(20)30182-8) on the impacts of deep-seabed mining by 1 . . .
The deep-sea, ocean depths below 650 feet (200 meters), constitutes more than 90 percent of the biosphere, harbors the most remote and extreme ecosystems on the planet, and supports biodiversity and ecosystem services of global importance.
A new publication (https://www.cell.com/trends/ecology-evolution/fulltext/S0169-5347(20)30182-8) on the impacts of deep-seabed mining by 1 . . .