A Big Ocean Treasure Hunt! 🌊

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Key Points

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India is exploring a huge area of the ocean floor for metal‑rich nodules.

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Special underwater robots have been tested at very deep levels.

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The metals include nickel, cobalt, copper and manganese.

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The project is part of a plan called the Deep Ocean Mission.

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Scientists are testing machines that can work far down, like 5,000 meters deep 🛠️.

These rocks have metals that help make clean energy and batteries 🔋.

The country is planning to work with other companies to turn the rocks into useful things 🤝.

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10 words

deep‑sea mining

digging for valuable rocks far down under the ocean water.

critical minerals

important metals needed for things like electric cars and clean energy.

polymetallic nodules

round lumps on the sea floor that contain many different metals.

geopolitical

relating to how countries work together or compete.

indigenous technology

machines and tools made by a country’s own scientists.

subsea

under the sea.

metallurgy

the science of working with metals.

battery manufacturing

making the power packs that run phones and cars.

exploitation code

the set of rules that decides how to safely take resources from the sea.

International Seabed Authority

the world group that looks after the ocean floor that belongs to everyone.

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