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- 1Bottom trawling and deep-sea mining compared as twin threats●What makes bottom trawling and proposed deep-sea mining twin horrors is that same fundamental mechanism: taking ecosyste
Commenters are linking bottom trawling and proposed deep-sea mining as sharing the same core problem: both disturb ecosystems that operate on geological timescales, where corals grow only millimeters a year and sediment settles over centuries, meaning damage may never recover within human lifetimes. The comparison is drawing attention to the pace of industrial seabed extraction at a time when governments weigh whether to approve commercial deep-sea mining.
- 2Attenborough's Ocean documentary reignites bottom trawling outrage●That reminds me of the devastating images of bottom trawlers from Attenborough's latest documentary Ocean, the most horr
David Attenborough's documentary Ocean is drawing renewed attention to bottom trawling, with viewers describing footage of trawl gear plowing through seabeds and crushing ancient cold-water coral gardens as some of the most disturbing images of environmental destruction they have seen. The film is prompting fresh debate over the practice and calls for tighter restrictions on trawling.