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"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." However, a new study reports that these nodules might be much more than simply a collection of valuable ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Scattered across an abyssal plain known as the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) are polymetallic nodules ...