Can We Mine the World’s Deep Ocean Without Destroying It?

Image caption: Brisingid sea stars are found in deep sea areas rich in critical minerals. Image credit: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Interview by Richard Schiffman. Yale Environment 360 – June 15, 2023.

Few people know the deep ocean as intimately as Lisa Levin, an ecologist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Not content with doing pure science, Levin, who has participated in more than 40 oceanographic expeditions, co-founded the Deep-Ocean Stewardship Initiative, a global network of more than 2,000 scientists, economists, and legal experts that seeks to advise policymakers on managing the ocean’s depths. […]

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