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.
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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.
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