Race to the bottom: the disastrous blindfolded rush to mine the deep sea

Jonathan Watts, The Guardian

Race to the bottom: the disastrous blindfolded rush to mine the deep sea
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A short bureaucratic note from a brutally degraded microstate in the South Pacific to a little-known institution in the Caribbean is about to change the world. Few people are aware of its potential consequences, but the impacts are certain to be far-reaching. The only question is whether that change will be to the detriment of the global environment or the benefit of international governance.

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