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Deep-Sea Mining: What Could Be Lost on the Ocean Floor | Part 2 | SLICE EARTH

At 4,000 meters below the Pacific, scientists are studying manganese nodules and the little-known ecosystem that surrounds them. As deep-sea mining moves closer to reality, this extract asks what could be lost on the ocean floor when a world that took millions of years to form is disturbed.
Documentary: Gold Rush in the Deep Sea
Director: Friederike Lorenz & Tamar Baumgarten-Noort
Production: Gruppe 5, ZDF, ARTE (2016)
#deepseamining #manganese #nodules #oceanfloor #deepsea #pacificocean #marinescience #documentary

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