"Scientists say the organisms that inhabit those ocean depths — which are also a mystery — may depend on oxygen from this newly discovered source.
But the study, published in Nature Geoscience, was funded in part by The Metals Company, a Vancouver-based mining firm that has spent years arguing that mining in the deep ocean has a relatively low environmental impact, and is a better way to extract valuable minerals needed in green energy technology."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/oxygen-ocean-study-conflict-1.7273929
#Nature #Mining
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