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the deep sea going when no human has ever gone before. where a numerous deposits of minerals, 9 dormant country menissi benefit from this on top, the source of wealth, the technology to harvest, it already exists. the 1st prototype of the deep sea collect tested the treasure stones, is called atanya. it's being tested at a depth of several 1000 meters, scientists and monitoring its deployments. because what is technically feasible might actually destroy a delicate underwater wells. is it less the risk? this isn't them going to them? these are basically batteries in stone form. this is exactly what you need to build a battery. there's manganese nickel, cobra. i'll defend copper to conduct the electricity. going to put you on this

environmental protection organizations such as green piece one to prevent deep sea mining its own costs. it's the last cost of the planet that humans have yet to exploits for resources of the oceans in danger. the making peace with nature is of the funding task of the century, preserving as restarting the oceans, ability to nurture humanity and regulatory climates will be the defining challenges of these becket.

71 percent of the surface is covered by oceans. it's the neurologist habitat to on the planet, the, the ocean surface, an important teach buffer and comp in sync. they observe about a quarter of manmade. c o 2 emissions and thus mitigate the effects of climate change the depth on need added on it or it needs the oceans to survive. they regulate the climate, they provide food home. they provide the oxygen, we bring more than 50 percent of it by the way and do things. but the world's oceans of suffering that ruthlessly being fished back the waste produced by an increasing the affluence of science. he is becoming more

prevalent in the war time. virtually indestructible plastic waste in dangerous animals, and the habitats so called ocean dead zones guessing as a logic climate change is also causing sea levels to rise. never the last it's exploitation continues. sand and gravel of being dredged for uses building materials. at this point where we've lost 50 percent of our ocean, 50 percent of the wells and the fish that lived in the ocean when my grandfather 1st started school diving after the 2nd world war from disappeared. now we're exploring that he was searched places that are still quite inaccessible. we know almost nothing of the parent of animal species living that the

yet where, where there are results, which know jill some, the c badge, they may have co bolts, nicole manganese and co pay, just the materials to meet the rapidly growing demand for batch. we use as the well shifts away from fossil fuels, getting metals from our planet can be done without any environmental impact. so what we need to be thinking about is how do we make decisions that cause least harm to the planet that we're trying to protect? in june 2021, the united nations in new york was focusing attention on the highly threatening to maureen habitats. the un proclaimed in ocean decades to advance the protection and sustainable development of the world's oceans. actress ended with a good to these challenges, so the top priorities for everyone. if you, with welcome to the united deck of ocean science together, that has discovered the science we needs for the ocean,

we want. thank you. mm. the, in march 2021 in the midst of the global corona virus pandemic, special shit was dr. the us pacific fleets, naval base in san diego, the vessel, the island pride was preparing to go to sea. its crew and the company and european scientists were going on a special mission the as part of the mining impact program. there was such as we're heading out to examine what happens on the c bed during the world's 1st test. so the 35 ton underwater harvesting machine called a poly metallic home manganese note, your collect. so

it's a big project. we want to analyze the environmental impacts of among denise and not you will collect on working in the deep sea and we have quite a few scientific groups on board. you also test this is the 1st test of its kind and we're really close to the conditions you might expect from a deep sea mining operation. it's very important for the environmental analyses, parameters on standards that needs to be development, stand off the answer because that's what we're doing together with so many great scientific groups via a concentration of your scientific minds, actually on the oil fall or some other technical we have all the technology is the marine research institute offer. we've got all sorts of equipment here. i. oh, very high tags. yes,

i'm really looking forward to know that it's finally getting underway. all kinds of measuring and testing equipment we used during this expedition, including this giant bobo land, which has already been in service for 25 years. the lending gear that's that's right. but then not for the moon, but for lending on the c beds. so very much like that's legal roof, it's from the ship and most of the, with some different kinds of sensors. and then it's, it goes in 3 fold, $214.00 major steps, and then make a quiet lending on the see. that's all if you want to know what's the impact this of the c mining, which is a concern to many people also to myself. i think we need to talk to face ins of sufficient stone. they're close to where this money is going to happen. so does he know better that we can better predicts what's in pennsylvania such as one to

investigate fast? well, industry is ready to dig this advertisement for the canadian mining enterprise. the metals company promises a simple solution. energy from the sun and wind is replacing the fossil fuels to power the transmission to a sustainable future. we need batteries to store this energy. batteries are made from metals such as cobalt and nickel, copper, and manganese. until now we've been mining the earth for them, digging deep uh and wider for lower quality orse. nature disappears. human software, earth software. but there's another way to move. it's needed a modern robots. but is it that simple? the canadian city of toronto is wes simmons. this semester lives. she's the head of

sustainable se for the belgian mining company g. i saw them manganese. no geo. collectivism is a getting a series of tests in the pacific as we are together globally. we are facing a climate crisis and i think, you know, there is this increasing recognition around the world that we need to do something and we need to do something now. so that's a big part of that is moving towards clean energy. so moving away from, from fossil fuels and what that means is that we're moving away from a planet fuel and fossil fuels to one that is built on metals and minerals because clean metal technology is so metal intensive. so far, these will materials have come from mines on land, located primarily in asia and africa. the work is often destructive and tom sold to nature. the mines are often located in politically unstable countries,

like the democratic republic of congo, where there's not much respect for human rights. the work is often suffer horrendous working conditions risking their lives sticking metals that fetched prices fall greater than the wages. the industry says, getting results is from the c that will be far easier. we have options about where those metals can come from and, and we're exploring one which is going to the sea floor for them. and there's a lot of reasons why going to the sea floor intuitively seems to make some sense. and one is, we don't need to remove that for us. and in some cases, tropical rain forests are being removed to get some nickel. we don't need to remove for us or are single trains to get to the middle of its on the sea floor. nor do we need to move mountains to get to the orbit or body. and people don't need to be

relocated. so right away those, those reasons make a lot of sense. and of course, that doesn't mean that we can just dive to the deep sea and, and not do it thoughtfully. we also have to get the research done so that we understand how to proceed well minimizing our environmental footprint. a can that be deep see results collection without causing new environmental problems? the island prides deposited from san diego for a 6 week expedition to find out. expect patients for hi miss you own is this mission is to investigate the environmental impact civil list . we know a lot about this marine habitats on the if it's ecology, do you the animal? is that and if that of a niche but not necessarily what the impact will be when big equipment and machines on driving around on the see, find a me of us board and have them find on our objective is simply to it says,

to finalize how and to mutually take measurements that we can present these findings to the public and assign, typically, balance, way here and visit shop please. no, it's fine. science industry and policy makers all watch the expedition closely. the findings could have far reaching consequences, as humans move towards the age of green technology of the crew and research is waived for a while. as the san diego sky line receded, the boats went off into the night of to west some countries and companies would like to develop new sources for room materials as quickly as possible to make the ocean a source of mineral results. the k provide days 10 islands located around 600 kilometers of the west african coast.

the country has half a 1000000 inhabitants, most of them to send it from format african slaves once a colony of poach ago it gained independent same 1975. the even though capes that is considered one of the most prosperous countries in africa, the stand a loss of poverty. so many the sea is the source of life. with a look at the coast line in some places indicate something is wrong here. where they were one, sandy beaches, a now on the stove, the on of a go x for the conservation organization, loved to now she also takes people on choice.

the nature has been mostly exploited. here the women, what should truck go buy loaded with sand from the show. this was just bought the sand and so we sell to someone else. so they come here speak to the cents and then sell it to the market. is like a small business. he's not the really big company. so there are several taxes, not just only one. and as you see dozens of so much st anymore, so you need to that, that still exist if you'd be. so if there's a against the law, it's would be then a big descent. but the surveillance is very weak. that's the big

problem. it's not allowed the big sams, or do there is not civilians here, but it could be controlled the on the road. but no one doesn't yeah. the 2 conservationists look on stands to see how these people are re legally stripping sand from beneath stuff feet. no, i mean i've, i've got another truck is loaded this time with sand taken from the sea bed days ago. the sand is sold as room material for the construction industry for use this back. breaking job has been the only way for people like maria to and a little money to the 80 p

sick on the side of it. that's very exhausting and tiring. sometimes there's even a dangerous drowning we found in the walton like this. it's dangerous so much. but if we don't do this, there is no other way for us to win money, you know, put that on. 7 yeah, leo. the conservationists think. diane ok some. are you the lodge on a lounge that years ago? the bay of free, but at the back row was a sandy beach covered with dean's mazda 6 of them. nothing of that remains today and i told him, i will happily assist the people digging up the sand to know what they doing here isn't right. i will find something you want to be respectful. i've asked uh how much they said to, to do this kind of job, and that was shocked because each truck is around $30.00 to $40.00 euros, and if they are desperate to sell even friends,

5 years they sell and the driver will say at least around kind of thing to use a i even ask if they would like to change their job to do something else. they said yes, if there is of what can you see if the the sand is being taken from the seas for use beaches and disappearing and not just in cape ready. the sand discovered in small bouts or with a numerous industrial ships from many oceans. the impacts on devastating

scientists and conservationists of low moon dive degradation of habitats for palm direct to the intellect we consume directly or indirectly with sand or gravel that comes from the ocean's theme. this is also a very big problem in the construction industry worldwide, because so much sand and gravel are being taken from beaches, including right off the coast that entire eco systems are now changing. biodiversity is suffering. an entire structures are being a road it um and last but not least, i organized maggio like groupings are work behind the scenes. people are forced to transport sound illegally, comfortable, entire islands are now almost free of sand in order. it must be said to enable a construction boom in the globalized apps with west vault, which would actually have no future at all in this day and age. and it will help kind of. so this is an issue that is causing major problems in our scenes at the moment. but hardly anyone knows that hopefully mobile high to the slice will call

me month in india, africa, and all over the world, even in the north sea, sand is being dredged from sea beds. descriptions of sandy c shows no longer ring true. the, the, the suns typically makes up around one so just concrete, gigantic buildings, and does it countries are also made of sand from the sea because does it sound does on suitable for building the, even the sand for prestige projects such as the artificial islands of 2 by comes

from the sea for exploitation has the fatal consequences for coastal areas, microorganisms, and habitats all over the world. the meanwhile, the islands pride has headed for an area of ocean known as the korean clipton zone, between mexico until like the enormous quantities of pauline metallic nodules, an estimated 13000000000 towns lie on the sea floor. it take so much, 6 days for the islands, pride to reach its destination. these devices held the keys to the expedition success. everything had to work. the tension was palpable. there was such as play music to help themselves relax. that is, i'm the one that's at

t v 9. now this is what's called a d z nanda. and inside is a module like this, optical measuring device. so, so many electrodes all connected to it in the corner. they all these routes that we see here is a very small to the optically measurements the oxygen content in the sacramento. so the whole thing is low into the seasonal live and then there was a motor on its programs before him on the floor. and we then use it to drive these roads into the settlement, talking and measure how much oxygen is the last of that really high tech. right? because it's definitely yeah. it's a challenge for any device conditions. they're extreme. columbus is below the surface. the supposed to be a maximum? yes, it's just turn down that what we want to measure from the oxygen levels on the sea floor in the distribution without produce different results when you bring them up all day in columbus and, and oxygen is something, as we know ourselves. that's essentially system. how many organisms use oxygen?

and we see that as an indicator of how much the system is was the toughest thing is to up. and if you just the substrate loss or remove it completely, you're taking away a layer that's being deposited of the many thousands of years we're active processes take place in a bind to stood it up or gotten rid of it. and civil for the last thing you saw, so you already have a chance to see now from the measurements. does that have an effect or does it look exactly the same? is that the phones that that'd be dead? and although the island pride has made its way to the belgian license area, this is where it was due to join the ship belonging to the belgian mining company g . s. saw the boat. was that to test baton? yeah, the well 1st machine prototypes are collecting manganese know deals that come to me or my dog lends itself because it's, however,

a lot of manganese nodules here. you can see on the map with the mark license areas that the international c bet is 30 from manganese nachos are the ones at the moment . these are all exploration licensed areas for companies or countries of acquired licenses and are looking to see how many minorities nodules are located there, which parts of the area of mines and on your phone. you know, we're going to the belgian license and yeah, and that's on his license as hell for the company gsr enough. and then in 2 weeks i would still go to the german licensed area, which is a bit south west that there's stuff on india, g s halls, person of contact for flush, a name was also on board. he was responsible for communication between the industrial vessel and the scientist says, the tests began in the belgian license area was as, as its own, a bit like the wild west area is a mont townhome, the sea bed, the 2nd nation. so companies are allowed to explore, such as the belgian company g. i saw here. they were already in the working area.

this meeting was taking place on the high seas on the loading platform at the moment and the g stood petunia, able to dive to a depth of several 1000 meters. the its 1st knife was being per pads. the technical challenge was for me to build the device not to manage the extreme

pressure and maneuver the program to rates independently connected to the ship by a supply line. only a stick has a human um, the gsr had been developing the baton ya as in many is this small and a model was built a few years ago. now, petunia too was to face its 1st real test. if it passed with flying colors, the vessel could possibly become a message for commercial c bed mining in the future. so baton ya. 2 is a state flor nodule. cool service. and i think the easiest way to picture it is to think of a vacuum cleaner. so the vehicle's been designed to pick up nodules and leave as much sediment behind as possible and then bring them to basically collect them. and

eventually that vehicle be collected to a riser which will bring the nodules to the surface. but baton, you too, was designed to collect the nodules and initially collected them and have been at the back of the vehicle. and then those modules were the positives away from the the vehicle's tracks. and other points in the trial here was now it's several times into the deep sea to test this new technology. it looks like something out of a science fiction movie. the meanwhile, on the island pride full small, stayed in touch with his d. s. on colleagues on the industrial ship and was brief to how to use the manganese don't to collect to for the upcoming dive.

so as, as sylvie's quite the show, he had to pass this information on to the scientists said that the sensitive underwater and measuring instruments would not collide with baton you now is petunia. manganese no jewel mining in the deep sea is technically feasible. the question still remains, how great. so the environmental risks and all they was taking or the back in tape the day on the largest island distant jago, the some of the former sandy beaches. and now, just byron stones, owners,

the sound has been gathered up and sold stones mixed with garbage, dominate the base. this, it didn't, it marine scene has been severely damaged. the, the world stood largest population of look ahead, see test whole lives around cape sadie. today the animal is on the read list of endangered species. it's strictly protected, but the removal of the sands, dis, stubs, habitats vital. so that reproduction on the vega into a conservation organization, a committed to protecting the titles on a it's shocking to see a females struggling over the hot stones and finding no place to lay her rags yet if used to be a sandy beach, but i didn't uh, knew this place before i've just called some older people,

and locals would describe just the place as the sandy beach titles returned the beach where they hatched to lay their eggs. usually it takes 20 years for the animals to meet sexual maturity. that much has changed into decades. yes, the vatican said story because this is the device and last year, but there is no sense. so it came out, but unfortunately substitute them to see it came this morning of august, the 7th day am the the really says because a name on the deck has wound around here. maybe i've been going to use uh

uh bye to mess. and when he came out the that these house being completed destroyed by human being really said, so i think we have a you to, you try to restore this place. it promotes the conservation on a has a degree in marine biology. she spent time abroad and realized that something must urgently be done in her home country to protect the oceans on nature. she found it the nature conservation organization loved to know right here in 2013. but now dozens of help us of working on projects on the beaches. things of really taking off are usually ones because the visions to be successful. we need to vote locals. so we try to get them to see that like a specialist for the nature of the, for the spaces and the size classes. and it was more difficult,

but now he sees it and he just doesn't. she stopped to have the reading the phase and also which dr via life and then to and his approach is simple, financed by donations and tries to generate awareness by adding a bit of kind of for example, photo mosquito is the name of this fishing village on the by a doe in found no health bay. the fishing boats beached on stones assigned to ship to way and then walks through the village and she's proud of lots has changed here in the last few months. the place has a new look what i mean. the last one day when i started doing the painting, it was that when, when is i could see was this regarding the fishing and see birds and the locals? they like it. and we saw it as

a positive way of make people more aware about the nature of conservation. so we saw some green faces about the local bi adversity and we didn't stop yet. so we plan to do more faces, the global, the village, and beautiful thinking. what's the rock smoke people and so the local can associate this visit with uh it for some reason. now, ocean flora and fauna decorate the facades of the house. is there a constant reminder of the importance of preservation? the exact to this famous marine explorer plays an important role is that the school visited by using fam, a 1948 with 2 or the clinics. so don't know and the almost speak

up. so they came here, this and equipment. they wanted the if you want to do some record to nevada, uh the notion. so we decided to bring back this manually. that was almost lost because the majority of the locals, we don't even know who was just so and if, if she or she was around here, the check still was a legendary ocean. explore the french diving pioneer and still commentary filmmaker introduced people to the underwater. well, like to know of the hebrews, the images of the depths never seen before into the world's living means the cristo wanted to explode the unknown world under the sea at cold the oceans to be

protected. the . this is the french it and then take coast, not far from the mouth and why river. the grand to to object castille and her family live nearby. after her father's death, alexandra cristo spent almost her entire childhood with her grandfather that left it smoke. she's very concerned about the state of the ocean's. i think if we continue with business as usual, where we're over fishing, we're booting, we are advancing with ideas like deep sea mining. we're going to see our ocean disappear, will continue to see a decline, and at

a certain point you reach tipping points where you have exponential loss. and that's hard to come back from. you can't really come back from exponential loss, like we can put cove it back in a bottle. you know that the damage is done. so once we reach those tipping points with the ocean, the damage will be done and we won't be able to reverse it. the next sondra says that her grandfather, to attend to dies before she could walk hon. lots of the oceans, is his legacy. like him, she makes document trees, advocates the preservation of marine environments, and look for ways to save the oceans the. she wishes she still has her grandfather at to side in addition to her husband, whose then now my grandfather passed

away 20 years ago and left a huge void in the world. not just for me and my family, but i think it felt like there was this huge cruise, so shaped hole in the universe after he died that no one himself. but what i realize is that every time someone tells me i grew up watching your grandfather, he really inspired me. i love the ocean now, and i want to do something to help protect it. we're finally at a point in time where we can maybe 10 years ago, 20 years ago, we weren't, we didn't have the technologies, we didn't have the solution. we didn't have the urgency that we have today. and so my hope is that for everyone who loved him and loved his feelings and loved exploring the oceans with him,

and that discovery and sense of on wonder that he brought my hope is that they will harness that and use it to create change. because that is the best legacy he could possibly have left us the on the cape that a islands on our anti groups has help us have bills to protection area for tattle clutches on one of the remaining sandy beaches. the educational signs show passes by the importance of the oceans and the knife in them. the. this is where the tassels laid directs for weeks and then to know what she's over the catches of eggs that have been collected here, the organization and shows the baby tassels can hatch safely. we are checking which

in this red hat's which to nest the, by now we have a 147 mess here. so this team we're checking the box is too hot for the people to have a job so that someone in their family and also try to send this fashion the nature small steps. but they make a difference. the jack coastal would likely be happy to see these efforts to conserve maureen

wildlife the the endless expenses of bad war to stretch beyond the island, pride's helicopter platform he is to to learn the ships in, in the fountain license area in the korean k buttons own in the pacific ocean, from the jack summers to europe and scientists watched as the belgian company, g,

a saw pine, the tickets, deep diving, high tech machine. from it shipped the norman to energy the. now there were such as many measuring instruments and senses and robots known as are these were coming into play. no, at 4 and a half kilometer is down into the depths. they were positioned around the deployment area on the sea bed wip atanya was making its way the, the scientists wanted to know the impact, the baton you would have on nature the the control room is located on one of the lower decks of the island prides and the pilots was sitting staring at them on it is ours,

as they controlled the robots on the deep sea floor. with that was an overwhelming feeling of being in a different love. the assistant station is, of course it actually is a corner of the wells, the tweet been the know and everything with seeing him. nobody else has seen before . 7, actually, that's always exciting. scientific history was being made at that moment. 4 and a half 1000 meters below the ship. extremely important research was taking place under extreme conditions. the

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