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Europe’s top science panel supports call for moratorium on deep-sea mining
National science academies from across Europe have become the latest group to announce their support for a moratorium on deep-sea mining, a proposed but disputed activity that would extract minerals like copper, zinc and manganese from the seabed for commercial purposes.
- Elizabeth Claire Alberts
- Mongabay
In a report released June 8, the European Academies’ Science Advisory Council (EASAC) challenges the widespread claim that seabed minerals are needed to transition to renewable energy technologies, arguing that the necessary metals are available from other sources.
The group — an association of 28 national science academies of EU member states, Norway, Switzerland and the…