BMW, Google, Volvo, and other big businesses have come together with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to call for a hold on seabed delving until the threats are fully understood.

Seabed delving would gather nickel, cobalt, and other worthful blomes from the sea floor that are needed for making laitstocks.

BMW said they will not brook raw antimbers from deep-sea delving at this time, for there are not enough witship findings to know the threat to the umbworld.

In backing the call, businesses swear not to take any antimbers from the seabed, to keep such things out of their making stock, and not to back any more seabed delving work.

Seabed delving businesses, like DeepGreen, GSR and UK Seabed Resources, hope to brook ettenish plodders that would drive over the seabed, gathering ore to later sell to wain and laitstock makers.

Norway has said it could give the go-ahead for businesses to deep-sea delve as early as 2023, which could make it among the first riches to harvest seabed antimbers.