I’m beginning to think she just doesn’t really like us very much

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      This is a Canadian mining company that discovered it by partially finding a researcher to investigate. After about 8 years, their researchers literally said “we’re forced to conclude that this was caused by the above.”

      The mining company was not happy, the CAD government put a moratorium on mining for further research, and now the company is paying to have other research completed cuz they “dispute his findings” 😂 I’ll see if I can find the article

      Edit: the article. https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/oxygen-ocean-study-conflict-1.7273929

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    To be clear, the oxygen source they found is tiny relatively speaking it’s just a surprise it’s there at all (and even then the measured oxygen level levelled out after 48hrs so it may not even be a continuous source of oxygen under normal circumstances, they theorised that it may have been caused by them stiring up the seabed when they dropped the chambers down)

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      Iirc it did turn out that certain life was found in far greater abundance in areas with that oxygen source though, its tiny overall but huge for the local environment.

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    Even without that did you see how he plans to mine them? They’re going to drag the seafloor. Which will completely destroy any ecosystem down there. And unlike a strip mine that stays in one location for decades, this is one and done. One day to destroy an area and move on.

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    Not saying we should mine this but definitely not a critical source of oxygen for humans. Most oxygen is created through photosynthesis.

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    Good thing we’re really down there for that Chinese nuclear sub. Sorry, my NCD is slipping.