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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.
- 2West Virginia filmmaker turns extraction history into monster movie 'Dark Hollow'●West Virginia filmmaker turns state’s history of extraction into monster movie ‘Dark Hollow’
A West Virginia filmmaker has created 'Dark Hollow', a monster movie rooted in the state's long history of resource extraction, including coal mining and timber. The project frames the environmental and human toll of extractive industry as the basis for its horror story, giving a regional perspective on a genre usually set elsewhere. Local coverage has highlighted the film as an example of Appalachian storytelling drawing on the state's own past.