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Machines mining minerals in the deep ocean have been found to cause significant damage to life on the seabed, scientists ...

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Machines mining minerals in the deep ocean have been found to cause significant damage to life on the seabed, scientists carrying out the largest study of its kind say.

There are moons circling the planets Jupiter and Saturn where oceans have been detected under deep layers of ice. Scientists like Lauren Seyler have wondered if life can be found deep below an ocean ...

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