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Marine scientist | Baltic Sea conservation @HELCOMInfo | Research @helsinkiuni @HELSINKISUS @DeepStewardship on seabed mining & deep-sea fisheries | @IMECaN4
Sep 14, 2022 13 tweets 4 min read
❌Shallow-water mining undermines global sustainability goals ❌

Happy to share our new article in @Trends_Ecol_Evo with @ea_virtan

Read here #openaccess: cell.com/trends/ecology…

📜In a nutshell 🧵⬇️ 2/ Global infrastructure development & transition to low-carbon technologies call for new solutions to increasing mineral demand. Seabed mining is often framed as a sustainable alternative to traditional terrestrial mining, with hopes for lower environmental & societal risks