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- 1Bottom trawling and deep-sea mining compared as twin threats●What makes bottom trawling and proposed deep-sea mining twin horrors is that same fundamental mechanism: taking ecosyste
Commenters are drawing a direct parallel between bottom trawling and proposed deep-sea mining, arguing both inflict the same kind of damage: destroying marine ecosystems that operate on geological timescales. Corals that grow millimeters a year and sediment settled over centuries can be wiped out in moments, with recovery effectively impossible on human timescales. The comparison is being used to argue against opening the deep seabed to mining.