Name: Gold Rush in the Deep Sea
Uploaded: 2016-01-01
Duration: 51 min 14 s
Description: Manganese nodules do look like carbonized cauliflower and are supposed to be the new source of iron for our technologized society. But them lying on the floor of the Pacific, approximately four kilometers deep, poses a big problem.

Manganese nodules do look like carbonized cauliflower and are supposed to be the new source of iron for our technologized society. But them lying on the floor of the Pacific, approximately four kilometers deep, poses a big problem.

Explore the Pacific seafloor, where manganese nodules packed with sought-after metals lie among little-known deep-sea life. Following researchers at sea and in the lab, this film weighs resource demand against the lasting marks mining could leave on an ecosystem we barely understand. Sign up to see the science, stakes, and unanswered questions up close.

Four kilometers down, a metal bonanza meets an ancient, fragile world.

Gold Rush in the Deep Sea

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