Manganese nodule on the seabed of the Clarion Clipperton zone in the Pacific Ocean, photographed by a 2015 expedition
Rov Kiel 6000/Geomar (CC by 4.0)
Biodiversity has depleted, and large trenches are still on the seabed where deep-sea mining equipment was operated over 40 years ago. Findings suggest that it will take decades for the deep sea to fully recover from mining activities.
Deep sea nodules are packed with valuable metal resources such as cobalt and manganese, as well as key components of electric vehicle batteries and other devices.
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Source: www.newscientist.com
