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The ship dragged its anchor along the seabed for about 80 miles, damaging two telecommunications cables, according to a court statement.—Los Angeles Times,
5 Nov. 2026 Although the crew unloaded about half of the cargo, a crack in the hull ultimately caused the ship to sink, leaving thousands of tonnes of explosives on the seabed.—
Muskan Bhatia,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Nov. 2026 Most damage to the undersea cables that form the Internet’s backbone is the result of accidents involving bottom-trawling fishing nets and ship anchors dragging on the seabed, with storms and undersea landslides also factoring in.—
Jeremy Hsu,
ArsTechnica,
28 Oct. 2026 Many locals and scientists say that salmon farms have severely damaged multiple marine areas, leaving parts of the seabed with oxygen levels so low that other forms of life struggle to survive.—ABC News,
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