The Uncomfortable Reality Of Deep-Sea Mining

What We Can't Sea

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The Uncomfortable Reality of Deep-Sea Mining explores the potential environmental impacts of this new industry. The episode discusses the limited data available on deep-sea mining, and the potential for irreversible damage to deep-sea ecosystems.

A shift to a world that's no longer powered by fossil fuels. Likely means, we're going to rely more on batteries and the metals that make them. because land-based sources of these metals can meet the demand of a battery-powered world private companies have turned their attention to the ocean floor. But, mining the murky depths may come with a greater cost to the planet than it's worth terrestrial mining doesn't have a perfect record. it comes with a long list of environmental and human rights abuses including pollution and child labour. all this to dig up raw materials like nickel manganese and cobalt that are necessary for our lithium-ion batteries.