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Scientists have made an impassioned plea for humanity to pause and think before making a headlong rush to exploit the deep sea. The researchers said the oceans' lowest reaches had untold riches that could benefit mankind enormously, but not if the harvesting were done destructively.
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The last great unexplored wilderness on Earth is about to experience industrial-scale mining that could change the face of the pristine seabed of the deep ocean for generations to come, scientists have warned.
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The author argues that the U.S. needs to increase its efforts to develop an Arctic strategy and fleet now before the future of the Arctic is decided for it by other states.
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Russian leaders now primarily see the Arctic as a potential source of economic growth for the country, both as a strategic resource base for the future and a potential maritime trade route.
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Scholars these days are busy seeking to divine China’s intentions in the Arctic. Meanwhile, though, Japan and Russia have taken discreet – though decisive – steps to secure good relations and a better foothold in each other’s backyards.
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For the first time, the United States government has come out publicly with an explicit statement that the so-called “nine-dash line,” which the People's Republic of China (PRC) and Taiwan assert delineates their claims in the South China Sea, is contrary to international law. The author considers next steps the U.S. can take to help resolve the South China Sea conflict, including ratifying UNCLOS to encourage consistency with the rule of law.
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Are Americans turning inward, tiring of our immense global responsibilities, just when our leadership may be needed most? That is the unsettling conclusion from a poll conducted last autumn by The Pew Research Center and Council on Foreign Relations
[ More ]The author disputes the idea brough up in recent testimony that the U.S. could improve its bargaining position in negotiating a resolution to the South China Seas dispute by ratifying UNCLOS.
[ More ]The 40-year-old Coast Guard icebreaker Polar Star returned to the Arctic Ocean this summer after seven years in semiretirement, charging into a thinning polar ice sheet that U.S. defense officials predict will give way to new commercial waterways and a resource-rich frontier by midcentury.
[ More ]Brazil's national geological service (CPRM) has submitted to Jamaica-based International Seabed Authority (ISA) a working plan for the exploration of a cobalt-rich ferromanganese crust in international waters, the latter said in a release.
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