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"Competition heats up in the melting Arctic, and the US isn’t prepared to counter Russia" — Rockford Weitz — The Conversation — April 19, 2021
Competition is heating up as Arctic opens, with Russia pursuing an aggressive approach with its icebreaker fleets and territorial claims. The author argues that the U.S. needs to rethink its Arctic policy to be able to effectively challenge Russia, including by ratifying the Law of the Sea convention.
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"Deep sea mining: coming soon to an ocean near you" — Carlos Duarte — The Conversation — September 24, 2013
The depletion of resources on land together with the increase in resource demand and the parallel development in technologies for deep sea exploration have brought the issue of deep-sea mining to the forefront of political, industrial and scientific debate.
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