S'pore team delves into secrets of the Pacific

Researchers from the Keppel-NUS Corporate Laboratory have carried out seabed exploration work which will help in assessing the impact of deep-sea mining on marine life. This research is part of a contract that the Ocean Mineral Singapore has secured with the International Seabed Authority that will allow Singapore to explore how metal-rick rocks can be harvested from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.

• The Sunday Times, 21 June 2015, Think, p37