http://www.newsweek.com/deep-sea-mining-seafloor-starts-pacific-biodiversity-damage-south-seas-1743335

Deep sea mining has now been approved to be trialed at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, in a controversial move.

The Metals Company, a deep sea mining company, has now been permitted to test its mining machinery in the Pacific by the International Seabed Authority for the first time since the 1970s. However, some Pacific Island nations are not fans of this move.