Chinese team finds 11,700 new viruses in world’s biggest seabed metal deposit
Steady2 outlets reported this in 2 reports over 2 days
Fri, 2 October 2026Wed, 14 October 2026
What it is about
ISTRAŽIVANJEClarion-ClippertonTihog oceanaChinese teamInternational Seabed AuthorityPacific OceanHawaiiClarion-Clipperton zone
Who published it, and when
original reportfirst to report
Index.hr (Croatia)
South China Morning Post
2 Oct, 21:07over 11 days14 Oct, 04:00
How it spread - 2 original reports
Fri, 2 October 2026
1 report- Index.hr (Croatia)21:07first to report
ISTRAŽIVANJE u zoni Clarion-Clipperton otkrilo je gotovo 12.000 novih virusa. Ovo otkriće postavlja pitanja o utjecaju planiranog dubokomorskog rudarstva na ovaj jedinstveni, neistraženi ekosustav.
Wed, 14 October 2026
1 report- South China Morning Post04:00
Up to 6,000 metres (19,700 feet) beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean between Mexico and Hawaii, billions of potato-shaped metallic nodules are scattered across the seabed. The Clarion-Clipperton zone’s reserves of vital metals such as nickel, cobalt and manganese could surpass the total known reserves on land, according to some estimates. While no commercial mining has yet taken place on the underwater plain, the International Seabed Authority has issued 17 exploration contracts for the...