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The Metals Company completes latest deep-sea research campaign

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A team led by Heriot-Watt University used an array of seafloor landers, including seabed respirometers and baited traps and cameras, to collect a wide range of data to assess ecosystem function on the abyssal seafloor.

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Could Sucking Up the Seafloor Solve Battery Shortage?

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It's like picking up golf balls on a driving range," says CFO Craig Shesky. Craig Smith , an oceanography professor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa , who has led seven research expeditions to the CCZ. The company last September awarded University of Hawaii at Manoa marine biologist Jeff Drazen US $2.9

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