Willem Marks

And once they've got it securely fastened inside the jaws of that claw, that grabber, It goes up to the surface a mile above.

And once they've got it securely fastened inside the jaws of that claw, that grabber, It goes up to the surface a mile above.

It's a good question. And so, you know, we had a limited time on board. It's hard for me to talk about every single time this happened. But given that while we were there, This claw was coming up every 12 hours. They spent a lot of time making sure that the load inside the jaws of it were securely fastened before they moved it. But at least one occasion I saw that it hadn't fully locked closed.

It's a good question. And so, you know, we had a limited time on board. It's hard for me to talk about every single time this happened. But given that while we were there, This claw was coming up every 12 hours. They spent a lot of time making sure that the load inside the jaws of it were securely fastened before they moved it. But at least one occasion I saw that it hadn't fully locked closed.

It's a good question. And so, you know, we had a limited time on board. It's hard for me to talk about every single time this happened. But given that while we were there, This claw was coming up every 12 hours. They spent a lot of time making sure that the load inside the jaws of it were securely fastened before they moved it. But at least one occasion I saw that it hadn't fully locked closed.

It's hard to see down there. It's dark. There's a lot of kind of silk swirling around. And by the time it got to the surface on one occasion, it was clear that the jaws hadn't locked and a lot of the stuff inside had fallen out on the way up to the surface.

It's hard to see down there. It's dark. There's a lot of kind of silk swirling around. And by the time it got to the surface on one occasion, it was clear that the jaws hadn't locked and a lot of the stuff inside had fallen out on the way up to the surface.

It's hard to see down there. It's dark. There's a lot of kind of silk swirling around. And by the time it got to the surface on one occasion, it was clear that the jaws hadn't locked and a lot of the stuff inside had fallen out on the way up to the surface.

It is, and not just amongst climate activists, but also amongst many of the scientists who've looked at the feasibility of deep sea mining. And this has been an industry that's been studied for quite some time, even though it's not yet really taken off. There are two ways to sort of think about this. One is the disruption right on the surface.

It is, and not just amongst climate activists, but also amongst many of the scientists who've looked at the feasibility of deep sea mining. And this has been an industry that's been studied for quite some time, even though it's not yet really taken off. There are two ways to sort of think about this. One is the disruption right on the surface.

It is, and not just amongst climate activists, but also amongst many of the scientists who've looked at the feasibility of deep sea mining. And this has been an industry that's been studied for quite some time, even though it's not yet really taken off. There are two ways to sort of think about this. One is the disruption right on the surface.

And in this kind of deposit, they're looking primarily for copper, bit of gold, bit of silver. The rock that forms the bed there of the sea floor is rich in these metals because essentially it's come out of the Earth's crust. And then the second concern is about what happens as this material travels to the surface.

And in this kind of deposit, they're looking primarily for copper, bit of gold, bit of silver. The rock that forms the bed there of the sea floor is rich in these metals because essentially it's come out of the Earth's crust. And then the second concern is about what happens as this material travels to the surface.

And in this kind of deposit, they're looking primarily for copper, bit of gold, bit of silver. The rock that forms the bed there of the sea floor is rich in these metals because essentially it's come out of the Earth's crust. And then the second concern is about what happens as this material travels to the surface.

If you're working with a mile-deep ocean or a two-mile-deep ocean, or even deeper in some cases, there's the scale of that material falling out even gradually over that distance. And then once you have currents, it could potentially blanket large areas of the ocean floor elsewhere.

If you're working with a mile-deep ocean or a two-mile-deep ocean, or even deeper in some cases, there's the scale of that material falling out even gradually over that distance. And then once you have currents, it could potentially blanket large areas of the ocean floor elsewhere.

If you're working with a mile-deep ocean or a two-mile-deep ocean, or even deeper in some cases, there's the scale of that material falling out even gradually over that distance. And then once you have currents, it could potentially blanket large areas of the ocean floor elsewhere.

And that has the potential, scientists say, to then choke marine life, whether that's coral or other forms of plants or animals.

And that has the potential, scientists say, to then choke marine life, whether that's coral or other forms of plants or animals.

And that has the potential, scientists say, to then choke marine life, whether that's coral or other forms of plants or animals.