Ore Rush at the bottom of the sea

Ore Rush at the bottom of the sea

A manganese nodule in the Pacific – valuable as its contents are, mining at the bottom of the sea poses great dangers to life in the area.
© ROV Team/GEOMAR

The switch to clean energy has dire consequences in the mines on land. What about deep-sea mining?

by Martin Angler

They lie on extensive sandy areas and are waiting to be collected: fist-sized rocks that resemble black truffles. These manganese nodules have been around for millions of

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