Dozens of British scientists have urged prime minister Rishi Sunak to back a “moratorium” on deep-sea mining over concerns about the nascent industry’s environmental impact.
In a letter signed by 60 researchers, they have warned the UK government that pressing ahead with the industrial-scale exploitation of the seafloor could have grave consequences for both marine life and the ability of the oceans — one of the planet’s biggest carbon sinks — to absorb carbon dioxide.
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