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Scientists visited a previously mined site in the Clarion Clipperton Zone (CCZ) <br>Image credit: National Oceanography Centre and Trustees of the Natural History Museum, with acknowledgement to the NERC SMARTEX project
A brand-new study led by the UK’s National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has revealed the long-term impacts and the first signs of biological recovery in seabed mining tracks, 44 years after deep-sea trials in the Pacific Ocean.The findings, published today (Wednesday 26 March) in the scientific…