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A rise in Arctic storms has more than doubled the number of winter warming events, which could greatly impede ice growth.
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Ambitious research aims to limit environmental damage on the sea floor – but some scientists fear mining this pitch black world will do more harm than good.
[ More ]Biodiversity losses from deep-sea mining are unavoidable and possibly irrevocable, an international team of 15 marine scientists, resource economists and legal scholars argue in a letter published today in the journal Nature Geoscience.
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A senior U.S. naval commander insisted Thursday that American policy on the South China Sea has not shifted, despite uncertainty about President Trump’s response to Chinese militarization of the disputed waters.
[ More ]The author advocates for a more muscular deterrent with China by stepping up its committment to freedom of navigation operations in the South China Sea to make U.S. resolve more apparent.
[ More ]A new gold rush is targeting rich ores on the ocean floor containing valuable metals needed for smartphones and green technologies, but also hosting exotic ecosystems, raising questions about whether deep seabed mining is really an ecologic alternative to land-based mining.D
[ More ]The US will not accept China's militarisation of man-made islands in the South China Sea, Defence Secretary James Mattis has warned.
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