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- 1Bottom Trawling and Deep-Sea Mining Called Twin Ocean Threats●What makes bottom trawling and proposed deep-sea mining twin horrors is that same fundamental mechanism: taking ecosyste
Critics are drawing a direct parallel between bottom trawling and proposed deep-sea mining, arguing both destroy marine ecosystems that operate on geological timescales. Corals grow just millimeters a year and sediment settles over centuries, meaning damage from industrial extraction and dragging of the seafloor may be effectively irreversible. The comparison is fueling renewed calls to restrict or ban both practices to protect slow-recovering ocean habitats.