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  • July 9, 2017
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UH professor joins warning on deep-sea mining

MICHAEL TSAI on HONOLULU STAR ADVERTISER | 9 July 2017

“A University of Hawaii oceanography professor is among an international team of scientists, economists and legal scholars warning that loss of biodiversity needs to be counted among the unavoidable and possibly irrevocable costs of deep-sea mining.”

Read the full article on Honolulu Star Advertiser

Tags: biodiversityCraig Smithdeep sea miningHonolulu Star AdvertiserMichael TsaiNature GeoscienceNOAA Office of Exploration and ResearchUniversity of Hawai‘i

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