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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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Texas is top of The Metals Company's list for the processing plant given the state's ports and access to cheap renewables. "We We are committed to turning those rocks into metal using renewable power and with zero solid waste," Shesky says. There is 1500 times less life per square kilometer in these areas than in rainforests."

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