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Deep sea ‘gold rush’ could be a death sentence for Pacific biodiversity – report

AUCKLAND, 06 MAY 2026 (PMN)—A landmark review of 50 years of data has delivered a chilling verdict on deep sea mining: the impact on Pacific ecosystems will be “dire and long-lasting,” potentially wiping out undiscovered species before they are even named.  The study, published in Current Biology, comes as the Pacific remains the global “ground […]

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