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A robotic arm clamping onto a polymetallic nodule—with a delicate, living coral rooted directly to it—is a photograph of an active extinction event in slow motion. It shows the literal mechanism of destruction in the abyssal plain. Those nodules take millions of years to form, and for deep-sea corals, they are the only hard surface to anchor onto in a world of soft mud. Scraping up the nodules means erasing the habitat forever. #photography#MarineLife#DeepSeaMining#nodules#extinction

6/ Assessing Recovery: Visiting old, experimental test-mining sites from decades past to see if life has managed to recover (spoiler: deep-sea ecosystems recover extraordinarily slowly, taking centuries or millennia). #SMARTEX#CCZ#DeepSeaMining

Over 5,500 species found living and thriving in a proposed deep-sea mining zone https://www.earth.com/earth-science/over-5000-deep-sea-species-found-in-mining-zone/ #sea #environment #mining #DeepSeaMining

Deep sea mining identified as biggest threat to known and unknown deep-sea creatures https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/07/deep-sea-mining-identified-as-biggest-threat-to-known-and-unknown-deep-sea-creatures/ #environment #marinelife #mining #DeepSeaMining

As the US prepares to auction off federal seabed plots, experts warn existing regulations are outdated and unfit. Critical revisions intended to streamline leasing may actually weaken environmental reviews and restrict public input for the deep-sea mining sector. Elizabeth Claire Alberts reports for #Mongabay. https://mongabay.cc/TSzDyY#US #DeepSeaMining

A joint investigation by #Mongabay, #CNN, and Pulitzer Center sheds light on the scale of China’s deep-sea research fleet and reveals a rapidly shifting maritime landscape that overlaps with military operations. Learn how Elizabeth Alberts and Kara Fox built this investigation that takes a deep look at the future of the ocean floor. https://mongabay.cc/iCgbqI#DeepSeaMining