Norway’s parliament has voted to allow commercial exploration of the seabed for deep sea minerals useful in the high-tech industry, including lithium, scandium and cobalt. Host Carol Hills speaks with Kaja Lønne Fjærtoft, a marine biologist with the World Wildlife Fund Norway, about environmental concerns and the politics of deep sea mining.
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