Resource companies and island nations are scouring the Pacific Ocean for vast untapped minerals.
Trillions of rocks found on the seabed contain metals that could power electric cars and green energy.
The Cook Islands government believes deep-sea mining could contribute to the fight against climate change and end the country’s economic dependence on tourism.
But environmentalists say extracting minerals from 5,000 metres (16,400 feet) beneath the ocean’s surface could be catastrophic for fragile marine ecosystems the scientific world knows little about.
With deep-sea mining likely to start in 2024, 101 East investigates how it could affect the world’s largest ocean.
This documentary was produced in collaboration with SBS Australia and supported by the Sean Dorney Grant for Pacific Journalism through the Walkley Public Fund.
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Correspondent: Lucy Murray
Director and Senior Producer: Drew Ambrose
Field Producer: Melina Etches
Cinematography: Lee Ali
Picture Editor: Andy Mees
Graphics: Keke Marc Robertson
Digital Producer: Hasham Cheema
Archive: Shella Costales
Additional Footage: NIWA, The Metals Company, International Seabed Authority and Moana Minerals
Senior Producer: Liz Gooch
Production Manager: Susanna Low
Supervising Producer: Nick Olle
Executive Producer: Sharon Roobol
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Oh yes please ruin our earth some more then blame it on climate change. Antarctica, Green Land, Alaska, SubSaharan Africa… the Moon. Sure yes go ahead and start drilling the deep sea. What could possibly go wrong.
Take down the satellites over our earth and stop turning us into a microwave oven. See if maybe that could help some…
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Once we start media an people will start overlooking it then no one will care, we can do what we want. We win government wins. People and the environment loses.
The one who really harms the environment is us, humans.
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The best way to solve an environmental issue is just create another environmental issue.
We must remember that the ocean provides 70% of the oxygen for the planet. We still don't know the potential impact on the deep-sea ecosystem, and just imagine the carbon that has accumulated on the ocean floor being disturbed.
Any resource dependent technology is no solution to climate crisis
Mining the pacífico or mining asteroid , One or another the rest are Pure fantasy like Many other política.
Island nation: No.
Island nation government: No, unless you cut us in.
Island nation government at night: This is how we fund land reclamation and sea walls to hold back the tides of what the rest of the world has done.
I hate how you foreigners always act like no humans live here.
Stay away. We don't need your nuclear waste, plastic or dangerous mines.
Stay away.
No we should not, is my initial opinion. But i do not know enough yet. I will investigate further and form a more complete perspective.
at the end of the day its whos pockets are getting filled and whos getting screwed….this is going to create an ecosystem nightmare which as we all know will come with excuse after excuse and false solutions until finally is swept under the mat…seriously this should not go ahead ?????
What a great piece!
Mine even mars 😂😂😂billions of fiamond there🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑
How dare they try this!!! Trying to solve a problem by creating a new problem!!!! This already puts the pacific at risk and even deep dangers!!! Don’t wake the sleeping beast (Moana) for it will swallow not just your machines but all of the Pasefika region to the depths of Tagaloa’s front yard!!!
In other words, humanity is doomed, wichever way you look at it…