UN UNDERSEA REPORT
June 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE FEEDING of rare and exotic marine species off deep ocean mineral deposits that may become a target for mining companies could create a conflict between international mineral extraction and environmental conventions, a United Nations report has warned.Written for the UN general assembly, the paper says how animals such as blind shrimps and previously unknown mussels feed off chemicals released into the water from zones of submarine tectonic plate activity called hydrothermal vents, which the UN says could be "threatened...by deep sea mining" ...
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