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  • Just 0.001% of the deep seafloor has ever been captured by photo or video images, a new study finds.
  • That which has been captured is “biased” and potentially unrepresentative: 65% of observations have been in the waters of the United States, Japan or New Zealand, according to the study.
  • Experts told Mongabay that policymakers at a wide range of international institutions should bear the study’s findings in mind, including those governing high seas fisheries, deep-sea mining, and the use of marine carbon dioxide sequestration systems.

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

In hindsight, I worked way harder than necessary to hide my secret ocean floor submarine garage.

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