This Week in Water for July 7, 2019

Could Deep-Sea Mining Lead to Deep Trouble? That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. A new study says that covering an area with trees equivalent to the size of the U.S. might be a solution to global warming. If plans move forward for deep-sea mining, they would not only destroy habitats and pollute areas that have been undisturbed for millennia—it could also exacerbate the climate crisis. Scientists have measured a seaweed bloom—perhaps the largest ever—stretching almost 5,500 miles from the Gulf of Mexico to West Africa. There's a massive problem plaguing our oceans—and the U.S. Army will dive in to help solve it.