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August 02, 2016

Abundant and diverse ecosystem found in area targeted for deep-sea mining
Honolulu HI (SPX) Aug 02, 2016
In a study published in Scientific Reports, scientists discovered impressive abundance and diversity among the creatures living on the seafloor in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) - an area in the equatorial Pacific Ocean being targeted for deep-sea mining. The study, lead authored by Diva Amon, a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST), found that more than half of the species they collected were new to science, reit ... read more

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