The ocean has oodles of valuable metals huddled in various nodules, enticing mining companies to rev their engines, but the mining process is disruptive to the entire ocean above.
Click above to listen to part 2 of Into the Deep, featuring Steve Haddock, senior scientist at the Monetary Bay Aquarium Research Institute, and co-author (with Anela Choy) of a New York Times op-ed about the dangers of mining.
Into the Deep:
Part 1: Craig McClain / Alligator Fall
Part 2: Steve Haddock / Deep Sea Mining
Part 3: Emily Hall / Green Banana Sinkhole
Part 4: Chong Chen / Sounds of the Deep Sea
