A single blue whale creates vocalisations that are louder than a jet plane. But there is something that could soon rival the loudest voice in the animal kingdom.

 

There is a plan to build the largest mine in human history that will use gigantic machines to suck up the seabed with incredible force.

 

And the worst part is that this mining operation will be a guessing game. Deep-sea mining technology is almost completely untested.

 

So, all we can rely on are the predictions made by scientists. They predict that these machines could cause multiple species extinctions and threaten ecosystems that are crucial for storing carbon.