KOTA KINABALU: Some 12.1 tonnes of rubbish were collected from the seabed at three locations in Sabah -  including at Mabul Island off Semporna - known as one of the world’s best diving spots.
that impacts climate. melting glacials and storm surge. that ll allow a lot of clever people to use that information to conduct all sorts of science, all sorts of modeling. reporter: this mission is underway in various parts of the world. only 20% of the world s ocean floors have been met. that s the equivalent of asia and africa. what it is estimated to be 3 million to $5 billion. the appetite to do it is not robust. oil gas companies mapped areas central to their work at seas but not always willing to share the data. the leaders of the seabed 2030 mission are calling on everyday citizens. whether you are a master of a boat carrier or a yacht skipper
think of it as something in the sky. well, the cloud is really under the ocean. reporter: jonathan works with a company which monitors telecom infrastructures. he says there are hundreds of these cables stretching across the ocean floors, enough he says to span the global at the equator 15 times. he says if multiple under sea cables were cut at once, it could harm american business and government interests and could have even more catastrophic effects on europe. tonight, the pentagon won t confirm the concerns raised in the new york times. one u.s. official says while the russians could tamper with the cables, the u.s. hasn t seen a significant increase in russian activity where the cables are located. there is also been no evidence of any actual cable cutting. but newspaper reports say the russian ship which is equipped with submersibles capable of cutting cables has been spotted cruising in the atlantic not far from where one cable is located.
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garbage, manmade junk swirling in a rotating ocean current about 5,000 miles in diameter. if debris can be tracked to a crash site, the indian ocean floor is little over two miles deep in some sections. it s cold, dark and very uncomfortable. really it is a very hostile environment. it s difficult to get equipment to work reliably because of colds in, because of the pressure. it s been said we know more about the surface of the moon than about the surface of our ocean floors, which is not anything you want to here as the search continues. sounds like just a massive, incredible challenge. brian, thank you. you see this massive oil spill? we have an update. this barge carrying nearly a million gallons of oil collides