In a world that urgently needs to change from fossil to renewable, there is a growing need for rare minerals such as cobalt and manganese. When we find them above ground, it is often in small quantities, but now it is believed that there are large deposits four thousand meters below the surface, in the deep sea. And the hunt in the depths has begun.
Reporter Lena Scherman
Underwater images: Center for Deep Sea Research, University of Bergen
Read more: https://www.deepseareporter.com/en/deep-sea-mining-a-background/
