On this edition of Your Call, we’ll discuss negotiations on deep sea mining taking place right now at the International Seabed Authority in Jamaica. The rising demand for electric cars and other clean technologies, coupled with the depletion of minerals and metals on land, is driving interest in mining the deep sea to extract cobalt, nickel, and lithium. Miles below the ocean, there are fields of small rocks filled with these metals and minerals. Scientists warn that scraping the sea floor will damage deep sea ecosystems and kill animals that haven’t even been discovered yet.