Re:The potential of deep-sea mud as a source of rare-earth e...
by moh_maya on Friday January 11, 2019 @09:17AM
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So I don't know if you are being sarcastic or if you are being matter of fact. But I'd wager that disrupting deep sea floors would have detrimental effects on
a) commerical fishing, since you are disrupting the ocean ecosystem in a big way
b) probably accelerate global warming by leading to CO2 release from carbon sequestered on the floor [1]
The first point is easy to explain to anyone, even if they don't believe in anthropogenic climate change and refuse to see the dangers implied by the 2nd..
a) commerical fishing, since you are disrupting the ocean ecosystem in a big way
b) probably accelerate global warming by leading to CO2 release from carbon sequestered on the floor [1]
The first point is easy to explain to anyone, even if they don't believe in anthropogenic climate change and refuse to see the dangers implied by the 2nd..
[1] https://serc.carleton.edu/eslabs/carbon/6a.html