By scraping the surfaces, these nodules occupy to collect them, some of the only hard stratum supporting the sea floor is removed, leading to the death of any organisms living on or from the sea floor. () goes rather deeply into this issue and states that “this type of mining will remove permanently a major habitat type, causing local extinction of organisms” (). Removing nodules can also lead to the pollution of water around the area. Anything lying on the ocean floor ends up getting mixed up into the water, leading to the clogging of fish gills and possible physical damage to organisms, from rocks, shells, or other debris. Little has been done to moderate deep sea mining. In an ideal world, deep sea mining should be eliminated all together, but its impacts are only expected to increase as demand
By scraping the surfaces, these nodules occupy to collect them, some of the only hard stratum supporting the sea floor is removed, leading to the death of any organisms living on or from the sea floor. () goes rather deeply into this issue and states that “this type of mining will remove permanently a major habitat type, causing local extinction of organisms” (). Removing nodules can also lead to the pollution of water around the area. Anything lying on the ocean floor ends up getting mixed up into the water, leading to the clogging of fish gills and possible physical damage to organisms, from rocks, shells, or other debris. Little has been done to moderate deep sea mining. In an ideal world, deep sea mining should be eliminated all together, but its impacts are only expected to increase as demand