University of Hawaii Manoa: Rare Glimpse at Understudied Ecosystem Prompts Caution on Deep-sea Mining
October 02, 2025
October 02, 2025
MANOA, Hawaii, Oct. 2 (TNSjou) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release:
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Rare glimpse at understudied ecosystem prompts caution on deep-sea mining
An enormous but poorly understood region of the global ocean--referred to as the abyssal benthic boundary layer--lies a few meters above the seafloor and has only been sampled a handful of times. A study by oceanographers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa provided the fi . . .
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Rare glimpse at understudied ecosystem prompts caution on deep-sea mining
An enormous but poorly understood region of the global ocean--referred to as the abyssal benthic boundary layer--lies a few meters above the seafloor and has only been sampled a handful of times. A study by oceanographers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa provided the fi . . .