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Chinese team finds 11,700 new viruses in world’s biggest seabed metal deposit
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. South China Morning Post Asia is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to China. The first report grouped here was at 14 Oct 2026, 04:00 UTC. The headline in use is “Chinese team finds 11,700 new viruses in world’s biggest seabed metal deposit”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
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Up 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. The Clarion-Clipperton zone’s reserves of vital metals such as nickel, cobalt and manganese could surpass the total known reserves on land, according to…
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Chinese team finds 11,700 new viruses in world’s biggest seabed metal deposit
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