🤔Here’s a thought: maybe we shouldn’t trash the deep sea before we fully understand it. The deep sea makes up 90% of the ocean and plays a vital role in the functioning of our planet🌎 Dive into this thread to learn more. #DefendTheDeep
WWF’s new report reveals that deep seabed mining will stir up sediments, choking marine life🐳 It will also lead to plumes of toxic metals drifting on ocean currents. Let’s stop this before the damage is done🛑 #NoDeepSeaMining https://wwf.panda.org/discover/our_focus/oceans_practice/no_deep_seabed_mining/
Businesses want us to think that mining the deep sea is necessary to source the minerals used to make electric vehicles 🚗 and the gadgets in our pockets 📱 But it’s not so - and it would trash our ocean.
Let’s direct our focus toward innovation and reusing what we already have.
♻️Recycle - mine your junk drawer for old phones!
🗑️Use less
👩‍🔬Invest in tomorrow’s tech to reduce pressure on the planet’s finite resources
💙Value our one shared ocean
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