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July 16, 2024

Climate Groups Call for Moratorium on Deep Sea Mining
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Environmental groups renewed calls for a ban on deep sea mining Monday
as the International Seabed Authority opened its annual summit in
Jamaica. More than two dozen nations attending the talks have called for
a moratorium on deep sea mining, which creates massive sediment plumes
and can devastate marine ecosystems. In a statement, the Deep Sea
Conservation Coalition wrote, "The deep ocean sustains crucial processes
that make the entire planet habitable, from driving ocean currents that
regulate our weather to storing carbon and buffering our planet against
the impacts of climate change."


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