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What we can see right now on screen is that it’s got this very thick layer of ferromanganese crust, which coats all of the substrate.

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And that crust contains many metals which are which are being sought after commercially,

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things like cobalt, nickel, manganese, iron, and so on.

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And although it’s not being exploited currently, it may be exploited in the future.

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Unfortunately, many of these habitats have never been explored.

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And so it’s important that we characterize the biology so we can kind of gauge how to manage and

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potentially protect these environments in the future.