The dangerous combination of increased industrial pressure, high sensitivity to human disturbance, poor scientific understanding, rudimentary management, and virtually no protected areas heralds long-term, potentially irreversible, environmental harm here. Impacts from deep sea development include destruction of habitat (such as hydrothermal vents), suspended sediment plumes, oil spills (such as Deepwater Horizon), noise and light pollution, damage to fish and invertebrate populations, and species extinction. These impacts are additive to effects of climate change, deep ocean current alteration, acidification, and contaminants from the surface.
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