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Deep-sea mining causes significant environmental damage.

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INSUFFICIENT LEANING
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Is it true that Deep-sea mining causes significant environmental damage?

Unclear. Several reviews and reports describe potential or possible environmental impacts of deep-sea mining, such as habitat destruction, sediment plumes and irreversible damage to vulnerable ecosystems, but they frame these as potential or still-being-established risks rather than settled significant damage.

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Evidence for · 7
Deep sea mining
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Deep sea mining. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_sea_mining

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Environmental Issues of Deep-Sea Mining
2019
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Sharma, R. (2019). Environmental Issues of Deep-Sea Mining. play.google.com. https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=k8OWDwAAQBAJ&source=gbs_api

Frontiers | Development of deep-sea mining and its environmental impacts: a review
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Frontiers | Development of deep-sea mining and its environmental impacts: a review. (n.d.). frontiersin.org. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science/articles/10.3389/fmars.2025.1598584/full

Report on the Managing Impacts of Deep-seA reSource exploitation (MIDAS) workshop on environmental management of deep-sea mining
2016
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Jennifer, D., David, B., & Alastair, B. (2016). Report on the Managing Impacts of Deep-seA reSource exploitation (MIDAS) workshop on environmental management of deep-sea mining. zenodo.org. https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.2.e10292

Defining Strategic Environmental Goals and Objectives for the Management of Deep-Sea Mining Operations in the Seabed Beyond National Jurisdiction
2023
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H., B. J. & Angela, L. C. C. (2023). Defining Strategic Environmental Goals and Objectives for the Management of Deep-Sea Mining Operations in the Seabed Beyond National Jurisdiction. zenodo.org. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10213709

Extent of impact of deep-sea nodule mining midwater plumes is influenced by sediment loading, turbulence and thresholds
2021
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Muñoz-Royo, C., Peacock, T., Alford, M. H., Smith, J. A., Boyer, A. L., Kulkarni, C. S., Lermusiaux, P. F. J., Haley, P. J., Mirabito, C., Wang, D., Adams, E. E., Ouillon, R., Breugem, A., Decrop, B., Lanckriet, T., Supekar, R. B., Rzeznik, A. J., Gartman, A., & Ju, S. (2021). Extent of impact of deep-sea nodule mining midwater plumes is influenced by sediment loading, turbulence and thresholds. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00213-8

Deep-sea mining and its risks for social-ecological systems: Insights from simulation-based analyses
2025
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Alam, L., Pradhoshini, K. P., Flint, R. A., & Sumaila, U. R. (2025). Deep-sea mining and its risks for social-ecological systems: Insights from simulation-based analyses. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0320888

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