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More than 5,000 new species discovered in Pacific deep-sea mining hotspot
A wealth of biodiversity has been found in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, an area earmarked for exploitation by mineral firms
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Meet the ‘gummy squirrel’ and thousands of other newly discovered deep-sea species – in pictures
A trove of biodiversity has been catalogued by scientists in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, a vast area of the Pacific Ocean situated between Hawaii and Mexico, which has been targeted by deep-sea mining companies keen to exploit its mineral wealth
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