The $16 TRILLION Race to Mine the Ocean

These tiny rocks at the ocean floor may be worth trillions.
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Nauru, once stripped bare by phosphate mining, is now leading the charge in deep-sea mining, sparking a global debate over environmental risks and geopolitical power plays. As nations and corporations rush to exploit the ocean floor, will history repeat itself?

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-- VIDEO CHAPTERS --
0:00 Intro
4:15 What is the deep sea and what is in it
6:41 Nauru: History and Context
16:28 Mining the Deep: What’s at Stake
22:15 The Rules for Mining the Seafloor: UNCLOS and the International Seabed Authority
28:08 The Fine Print of Sponsorship
41:45 We Need More of These Metals, But is Deep-Sea Mining Really the Best Option?

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Johnny Harris is an Emmy-winning independent journalist and contributor to the New York Times. Based in Washington, DC, Harris reports on interesting trends and stories domestically and around the globe, publishing to his audience of over 5 million on Youtube. Harris produced and hosted the twice Emmy-nominated series Borders for Vox Media. His visual style blends motion graphics with cinematic videography to create content that explains complex issues in relatable ways.

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