Before revision: The vast majority of relevant spheres are still under-researched, but it is clear that species in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone face many threats from deep-sea mining activity; they are threatened by being crushed by machinery, dispelled in sediment plumes, smothered by unsettled sediment, the loss of resources and habitat, etc.
After revision: The vast majority of relevant spheres are still under-researched, but it is clear that species in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone face many threats from deep-sea mining activity; they would face threats of being crushed by machinery, dispelled in sediment plumes, smothered by unsettled sediment, the loss of resources and habitat, etc.