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The author suggests multiple ways in which European nations could increase the pressure on China to abide by international rules on freedom of navigation that benefit everyone.
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In the last statewide primary debate, Alaska Republican senate candidates discussed their stance on the international Law of the Sea treaty.
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This week, scientists made a disturbing discovery in the Arctic Ocean: They saw "vast methane plumes escaping from the seafloor," as the Stockholm University put it in a release disclosing the observations. The plume of methane—a potent greenhouse gas that traps heat more powerfully than carbon dioxide, the chief driver of climate change—was unsettling to the scientists.
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America’s lack of icebreaking capability could be reversed if government agencies operating in the polar regions pooled their resources to build a new one, members of Congress said yesterday.
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Vast new areas of the ocean floor have been opened up in an accelerating search for valuable minerals including manganese, copper and gold. In a move that brings closer a new era of deep sea mining, the UN's International Seabed Authority (ISA) has issued seven new exploration licences.
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The world just experienced its hottest June on record. The heat was driven in large by part by the hottest ocean temperatures since recordkeeping began more than 130 years ago. That makes this the third-warmest start to the year.
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Seven non-U.S. icebreakers will undertake expeditions in Alaskan and Arctic waters this summer, several of them conducting research operations for Asian nations on the potential for methane hydrates as an energy source.
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Russian long-range aviation bases are increasing their presence in the Arctic, the press service of the Eastern Military District reported Thursday.
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The Global Ocean Commission reported in late June that the ocean, the planet’s largest and least-protected bioregion, is close to collapse. The independent body, which includes former heads of state, government ministers, and ocean scientists, points to a perfect storm of escalating threats to the sea: overfishing, habitat loss, and pollution, as well as ocean acidification and warming due to climate change.
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South Korea has secured an exclusive right to explore a vast area of underwater mines in the Indian Ocean, the government said Wednesday.
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