Deep sea mining has 'significant' impact on biodiversity

Deep sea mining has 'significant' impact on biodiversity Channel 4 News 4230000 subscribers 150 likes 7945 views 5 Dec 2025 A landmark report into how deep sea mining could affect biodiversity on the sea floor has found that almost 40% of creatures in the immediate seabed area were lost in the tracks of mining machines. [Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https://channel4news.substack.com/subscribe] At the moment there is no international agreement to allow deep sea mining - but earlier this year President Trump signed an Executive Order to speed up licenses for companies to start the process. ------- Get more news at our site - https://www.channel4.com/news/ Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https://channel4news.substack.com/subscribe Follow us: TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@c4news Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/channel4news/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/Channel4News Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Channel4News/ 18 comments