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Season 6 · Episode 4
Landed Thu, 1 Feb 1979 · 21:00 your time · 1 episode · 1h 0m
Season 6, Episode 4 of NOVA aired Thursday, 1 February 1979 at 9pm ET on PBS.
- S06E04Cashing in on the OceanThe bed of the northeast Pacific Ocean is covered with a "carpet" estimated to be worth a staggering ten million dollars. These manganese nodules—the bumpy carpet—are rich not only in manganese but in the key strategic minerals: copper, nickel and cobalt. NOVA examines the debate about who owns them and who has the right to exploit their use.
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