4 days ago
Race to the bottom? The dangers of deep sea mining
Environment
44:44
Overheated and overfished, an sos for oceans under duress sent from a summit in Nice… but try telling that to those who advocate deep sea drilling for precious a world hungry for the minerals that power our batteries and connect our computers, the United States but also China, India, Japan, Norway and more are seriously studying whether science fiction can become reality.
We'lll ask about the actual feasibility of deep sea the competing narratives at play, what with the US boycotting the United Nations Oceans Conference in Nice… and a paltry 32 nations so far ratifying the UN's High Seas Treaty. How to protect the two-thirds of our planet's surface that belong to both everyone and no one?
On that score, no need to drill when you hit rock bottom. Even areas protected on paper remain vulnerable to large fishing trawlers that literally rake the seabed, killing both fish and plant life essential for our planet. What to do before it's too late?
Produced by François Picard, Andrew Hilliar, Juliette Laffont, Ilayda Habip.
