Seabed rocks catch fire during lab tests

Metal-rich rocks recovered from the Pacific Ocean began smoking and heating when researchers broke them apart in a laboratory, highlighting a potential fire hazard for mining seafloor sulphide deposits. Two of 57 hydrothermal rock samples collected during a 2022 expedition...

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