Café Sci – 'Deep Sea Frontiers: What Happens as Humanity Seizes the Seafloor?'

Recording of Bigelow Laboratory's Café Sci on July, 21 2020: Will your next cell phone or solar panel contain heavy metals from the seafloor? Could strange life in the deep sea contain the genetic blueprint for a new blockbuster drug or industrial enzyme? Watch Dr. Beth Orcutt for an introduction to the vast and diverse underbelly of life on Earth found deep in our oceans. Learn how this life benefits humanity, and how it could be impacted by increasing human exploitation of materials in the deep sea.