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Almost All The Viruses Found in a Vast Deep-Sea Mining Zone Were New to Science : ScienceAlert (opens in a new tab)

sciencealert.com · 2026-10-02

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    Viral diversity and ecological functions in the world’s largest deep-sea mineral exploration region

    Nature Communications · 2026

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    A Pause or Moratorium for Deep Seabed Mining in the Area? The Legal Basis, Potential Pathways, and Possible Policy Implications

    Ocean Development & International Law · 2025

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Claim 1 of 5Not checkedA new study found a huge array of viruses in the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone, with 99 percent of them never documented before.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 2 of 5Not checkedThe researchers investigated the virome of the Clarion-Clipperton Zone to establish a "vital pre-mining baseline of microbial ecosystem for future environmental impact assessments."View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 3 of 5Not checkedThe study suggests viruses may play an important role in biogeochemical processes in polymetallic nodule-field sediments.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 4 of 5Not checkedThe authors say that many of the viruses appear specialized for infecting bacteria and archaea, and may influence microbial cycling of carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, and metals.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 5 of 5Not checkedThe authors caution that mining activities would disturb sediments and that the effects could persist for decades, but say much more research is needed to understand how the viruses, their hosts, and their ecological functions would be affected if mining proceeds.View evidenceHide evidence

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Viral diversity and ecological functions in the world’s largest deep-sea mineral exploration region

Nature Communications · 2026

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Viral diversity and ecological functions in the world’s largest deep-sea mineral exploration region

Nature Communications · 2026 · Crossref

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A Pause or Moratorium for Deep Seabed Mining in the Area? The Legal Basis, Potential Pathways, and Possible Policy Implications

Ocean Development & International Law · 2025 · Crossref

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Aircraft wastewater virome surveillance from domestic and international flights reveals viral diversity among travellers: A proof-of-concept study from Gujarat, India.

Infection, Genetics and Evolution : Journal of Molecular Epidemiology and Evolutionary Genetics in Infectious Diseases · 2026 · PubMed

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Electrobiological Zonation in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone: Evidence for Electric Field-Mediated Distribution of Xenophyophores in Polymetallic Nodule Fields

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Short-term impacts of polymetallic nodule mining on sediment remineralization activity: in situ observations of benthic oxygen fluxes after a nodule collector prototype trial in the Clarion Clipperton Fracture Zone

2025 · Crossref

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