Deep-Sea Rocks Collected Off Northern California Spontaneously Combusted in a USGS Lab, a Hazard Scientists Say Future Miners Must Plan For
Nature World News | 15.10.2026 14:14
Two rocks hauled up from the seafloor off northern California heated themselves past the boiling point of water and burned up inside a U.S. Geological Survey laboratory. Scientists now say the reaction behind that event is a hazard that will need special attention if mining of similar deep-sea deposits ever moves forward.
