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Nodules vs. land ores
Resource use
-75%
Ore
Climate change
-70%
CO₂e
emissions
Humans
-99%
Human
toxicity
-94%
Land
Note: Lifecycle analysis done on a cradle-to-gate basis including the mining/collection phase, transport, processing & refining phase.
Source: "Where Should Metals for the Green Transition Come From?", Paulikas et al, LCA white paper, April 2020.
-94%
Stored carbon
at risk
-97%
Human lives
at risk
-89%
Water
Habitat damage
-100%
Solid
processing
waste
+99.6%
Seafloor
-100%
Child labor
risk
-98%
Terrestrial
ecotoxicity
Wildlife
-93%
Biomass
at risk
Land based mining impacts globally
includes deep sea tailings placement
which can be very damaging to the
environment
-99%
Freshwater
ecotoxicity
-93%
Megafauna
wildlife at risk
-99%
Eutrophication
potential
present
Biodiversity
loss risk
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