Scientists have discovered thousands of new species on the seafloor of a remote area in the Pacific Ocean. The discovery challenges the idea that the vast mining area is an ecological wasteland.
Ninety percent of seafloor animals found in a proposed mining area are new to science, challenging the idea that the zone is an ecological wastelandA remote area of the Pacific Ocean seafloor contains mineral-laden nodules that could power electric-vehicle batteries, wind turbines and consumer electronics.
At an average depth of over 3 miles, the seafloor in the zone is too dark to sustain plants, but a variety of animals thrive there, including arthropods, which are shrimplike invertebrates with segmented joints, and spiny invertebrates like sea urchins, sea cucumbers, worms and sponges.Researchers used remotely operated vehicles with retractable arms and box coring devices to sample the muddy world.
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