In sourcing critical metals for the clean energy transition, there are no zero impact solutions. In a new episode of Science in Action for the BBC World Service, Roland Pease is joined by a marine biologist and marine geologist as he looks at seafloor nodules – the planet’s largest estimated undeveloped source of battery metals – and the trade-offs of collecting them from depths of 4kms.
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