Scientists say that a highly controversial deep-sea “gold rush” risks potentially devastating consequences for marine ecosystems, biodiversity, coastal communities and climate change...

Deep-sea mining is not a solution to the climate crisis. It is rather yet another unsustainable path associated with tremendous uncertainty and risk of exacerbating the current global crisis. It will only lead to destabilization of vital ocean's ecosystems with unforeseeable impacts and extinction of largely undocumented species.