90% of Species in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ), an Area Slated for Deep-Sea Mining, Might Be Unknown to Science

“If mining goes ahead, we won’t know what we may be losing because we don’t know what there is to start with,” Rabone said. “These are incredible species. There’s these sponges that are literally made of glass,” she offered as one example, “absolutely beautiful animals.”