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Ping-pong sponges, ‘black smokers’ and floating somethings: the secrets of the deep sea

The Guardian's Audio Long Reads by The Guardian

Jun 26, 202600:29:40News & Politics

The bottom of the ocean has barely been explored, but every journey to the deep reveals wondrous new lifeforms. As underwater mining gains momentum, we risk destroying one of Earth’s last great wildernesses By Jacob Mika...

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Ping-pong sponges, ‘black smokers’ and floating somethings: the secrets of the deep sea is an episode from The Guardian's Audio Long Reads by The Guardian. The bottom of the ocean has barely been explored, but every journey to the deep reve...

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Published Jun 26, 2026, 00:29:40 long, audio available.