NOVA · SEASON 6
Cashing In On The Ocean
Episode 4 · 1979-02-01

- Documentary
Episode overview
The bed of the northeast Pacific Ocean is covered with a "carpet" estimated to be worth a staggering ten million dollars. These manganese nodules—the bumpy carpet—are rich not only in manganese but in the key strategic minerals: copper, nickel and cobalt. NOVA examines the debate about who owns them and who has the right to exploit their use.
55 minutes
Season 6 episodes
1. Black Tide1979-01-04
2. Long Walk Of Fred Young1979-01-11
3. A World Of Difference1979-01-18
4. Cashing In On The Ocean1979-02-01
5. Patterns From The Past1979-02-08
6. The Invisible Flame1979-02-22
7. The End Of The Rainbow1979-03-01
8. The Beersheva Experiment1979-03-08
9. Einstein1979-03-15
10. The Keys Of Paradise1979-03-29
11. A Plague on our Children1979-10-02
12. Life on a Silken Thread1979-10-09
13. Sweet Solutions1979-10-16
14. Race for the Gold1979-10-30
15. All Part of the Game1979-11-06
16. India: Machinery of Hope1979-11-20
17. The Bridge that Spanned the World1979-12-04
18. Termites to Telescopes1979-12-11
19. Blindness: Five Points of Views1979-12-18