{"id":158762,"date":"2026-10-14T04:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T04:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=158762"},"modified":"2026-10-14T04:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T04:00:09","slug":"chinese-team-finds-11700-new-viruses-in-worlds-biggest-seabed-metal-deposit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=158762","title":{"rendered":"Chinese team finds 11,700 new viruses in world\u2019s biggest seabed metal deposit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostUp to 6,000 metres (19,700 feet) beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean between Mexico and Hawaii, billions of potato-shaped metallic nodules are scattered across the seabed.<br \/>\nThe Clarion-Clipperton zone\u2019s reserves of vital metals such as nickel, cobalt and manganese could surpass the total known reserves on land, according to some estimates.<br \/>\nWhile no commercial mining has yet taken place on the underwater plain, the International Seabed Authority has issued 17 exploration contracts for the&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3370762\/chinese-team-finds-11700-new-viruses-worlds-biggest-seabed-metal-deposit?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostUp to 6,000 metres (19,700 feet) beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean between Mexico and Hawaii, billions of potato-shaped metallic nodules are scattered&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158762"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=158762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158762\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=158762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=158762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=158762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}