5/ Cataloging Life: Documenting the weird and delicate fauna (like glass sponges that can live for thousands of years, sea anemones, and deep-sea sea pigs like Amperima, nicknamed "Barbie Pig") before industrial activity disturbs them. Measuring Plume Impacts: Studying how underwater mining vehicles kick up heavy plumes of sediment that drift over hundreds of miles, potentially choking soft-bodied filter feeders. #SMARTEX #CCZ #biodiversity