![Map of the abyssal Pacific seafloor targeted for seafloor nodule mining showing the areas where mining contactors will work and areas protected from mining (APEIs). This project studied three protected areas in the west of the Clarion Clipperton Zone Map of the abyssal Pacific seafloor targeted for seafloor nodule mining showing the areas where mining contactors will work and areas protected from mining (APEIs). This project studied three protected areas in the west of the Clarion Clipperton Zone](logs/video-summary/media/overview-map-800x450.jpg)
Scientists Explore Biodiversity of Poorly Known Deep-sea Areas Targeted for Seafloor Mining
An international team led by scientists from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa recently returned from a 34-day expedition to study deep-sea biodiversity and ecological processes in the western Clarion-Clipperton Zone. The expedition, aboard the UH-operated research vessel Kilo Moana, studied an area in the Pacific Ocean where numerous manganese nodule mining exploration claims are located.