The Climate Impacts of Deep-Sea Mining

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Critical Frequency

True Crime, Earth Sciences, Social Sciences, Science

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🗓️ 8 August 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Some mining companies claim that we can't "electrify everything" without deep-sea mining—a claim that has been debunked by various scientists. Environmentalists, car companies, and governments are pushing back, citing not only the obvious potential damage to marine ecosystems but also the climate impact of releasing carbon from the ocean floor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Last month, officials from several countries met in Kingston, Jamaica to discuss the
0:09.9	perils of deep sea mining.
0:13.1	Some mining companies have argued that deep sea mining is necessary to facilitate electrification.
0:19.0	That claim has been debunked by several scientists and environmental campaigners are saying that
0:23.9	not only with this obviously harm marine ecosystems, it might be a total disaster for the climate.
0:31.7	I'm joined today by a campaigner who's been working on this topic for a while with the
0:37.5	Environmental Justice Foundation to explain what this meeting was about, what's up with
0:43.3	deep sea mining, and why it might be a huge climate disaster amongst other things.
0:49.4	That's coming up after this quick break.
0:51.9	This is Dreadold and I'm Amy Westervalt.
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1:53.6	us transition to a clean energy economy.
1:56.5	One thing I love to do to relax and get my mind off of all of the layers of crisis we're
2:17.8	living through at the moment is puzzles.
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