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A high-tech deep-sea mining ship operating above a diverse and unexplored abyssal plain teeming with unknown bioluminescent marine life.

What Are Deep Sea Mining's Environmental Impacts and Regulations?

Over 90% of the species observed within the vast, abyssal plains of the Clarion Clipperton Zone—a prime target for deep-sea mining—are currently undescribed by science, according to IUCN .

Samuel Adebayo·June 5, 2026