{
  "id": 14366945,
  "title": "Chinese team finds 11,700 new viruses in world’s biggest seabed metal deposit",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/chinese-team-finds-11-700-new-viruses-in-worlds-biggest-seabed-metal-14366945",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-14T04:00:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3370762/chinese-team-finds-11700-new-viruses-worlds-biggest-seabed-metal-deposit"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Up to 6,000 metres (19,700 feet) beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean between Mexico and Hawaii, billions of potato-shaped metallic nodules are scattered across the seabed. The Clarion-Clipperton zone’s reserves of vital metals such as nickel, cobalt and manganese could surpass the total known reserves on land, according to some estimates. While no commercial mining has yet taken place on the…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
        "title": "Chinese team finds 11,700 new viruses in world’s biggest seabed metal deposit",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/chinese-team-finds-11-700-new-viruses-in-worlds-biggest-seabed-metal",
        "published": "2026-10-14T04:00:09.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}