🚢 🐟 37 fishermen in China funded a deep-sea research vessel. Months after launch, it’s still waiting for its first job. The third #MiningTheUnknowns story, by Initium Media, looks at why China’s deep-sea business is struggling to catch up to its ambitious investments. 👀 https://loom.ly/BbU3_Xg

🌊 The Cook Islands is weighing whether to mine its seabed, home to some of the world's richest mineral deposits. Activists fear Indigenous Cook Islanders will bear the consequences. 📰 Losirene Lacanivalu reports for Cook Islands News in the latest from #MiningTheUnknowns. https://loom.ly/483IUSs

🌊 Explore #MiningTheUnknowns, our cross-border probe into Asia-Pacific deep-sea mining. South Korea has a hand in nearly every stage of the seabed supply chain, but no law for mining in international waters. Experts warn that gap puts Earth's least explored habitat at risk. https://loom.ly/rCtRGy8