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IUCN Warns of Increasing Deep-Sea Mining Activities
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has warned that more than half of mollusk species found around underwater hydrothermal vents—organisms with promising potential in medicine and technology—are at risk of extinction due to the increasing mining activities in deep-sea environments. The union emphasized the need to impose a temporary halt on these operations before the upcoming meeting of the "International Seabed Authority" in Jamaica, scheduled for July, to decide on regulating mineral extraction from the ocean floor. The updated Red List shows that 62% of the targeted mollusk species are classified as threatened, putting ecosystems at risk and threatening future biological solutions.
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