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Sea levels surged after last ice age according to new study

Mar 20, 2025 (SPX)

Shedding light on post-glacial sea level rise Fresh insights into sea level changes during the early Holocene now offer scientists and policymakers a meaningful...

Kiribati eyes deep-sea mining deal with China

Mar 18, 2025 (AFP)

Beijing has been ramping up efforts to court Pacific nations sitting on lucrative seafloor deposits of cobalt, nickel and copper -- recently inking a cooperatio...

S. Africa court bars fishing to protect endangered African Penguins

Mar 18, 2025 (AFP)

Bird conservation groups that pushed for the protection welcomed the settlement in the Pretoria High Court as a milestone in the fight to save the distinctive s...

Talks on divisive deep-sea mining resume in Jamaica

Mar 17, 2025 (AFP)

Members of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) are meeting in Kingston to thrash out the first mining code on deep-sea extraction that has faced accusation...

Why are proposed deep-sea mining rules so contentious?

Mar 17, 2025 (AFP)

The International Seabed Authority (ISA), an independent body established in 1994 under a UN convention, has been working since 2014 on the new rules for develo...

Race to name creatures of the deep as mining interest grows

Mar 17, 2025 (AFP)

Researchers are scrambling to name thousands of these newly discovered species. The mining industry is pushing regulators to finalise rules that could open the ...

Take 'precautionary approach' on deep-sea mining: top official tells AFP

Mar 14, 2025 (AFP)

At stake is a potential new frontier for developing mineral resources like nickel, cobalt and copper that are crucial for renewable energy technology. But resea...

Planetary Water Limits Pose Challenge to Geological Resource Production

Mar 14, 2025 (SPX)

While much of the discussion on geological resource availability has focused on reserves and resources within the ecosphere and technosphere, production constra...

From oil spills to new species: how tech reveals the ocean

Mar 14, 2025 (AFP)

But new technologies are helping to change that, revealing hidden oil spills, speeding up the discovery of new species and uncovering how light pollution impact...

Less mapped than the Moon: quest to reveal the seabed

Mar 13, 2025 (AFP)

Understanding the ocean depths is crucial for everything from laying undersea cables and calculating tsunami paths, to projecting how seas will rise as the clim...

NASA study shows unexpected ocean level increase

Mar 13, 2025 (UPI)

The data show that the ocean levels grew by an expansion rate of .23 inches last year, more than the expected .17 inches, the study reported. "Every year is a l...

'Sound science' must guide deep-sea mining: top official

Mar 13, 2025 (AFP)

Deep-sea mining in international waters involves taking minerals like nickel, cobalt and copper -- crucial for renewable energy technology -- from the sea floor...

Extreme ocean heat does not mean climate change is accelerating: study

Mar 12, 2025 (AFP)

The planet has been steadily warming for decades as emissions rise but the stunning leap in ocean temperatures was so far above the long-term trend that scienti...

Lake Geneva's fish threatened by warming waters: experts

Mar 12, 2025 (AFP)

"Little by little, the lake's temperature is increasing," contributing to a lack of oxygen in its depths, said Nicole Gallina, corporate secretary of the Intern...

Snorkel with me to understand climate change, Palau president tells Trump

Mar 12, 2025 (AFP)

"I think it's good if we go snorkelling and look at things," Surangel Whipps Jr said. "The cost of not doing anything about it (climate change), it's going to b...

Creditors appeal 3 bn lifeline for UK's top water supplier

Mar 11, 2025 (AFP)

The High Court ruled that privately-owned Thames was entitled to the loan worth up to GBP 3 billion ($3.9 billion) as it seeks to avoid temporary renationalisat...

North Sea crash sparks fears in once-thriving English fishing town

Mar 11, 2025 (AFP)

Some 13 miles (20 kilometres) out to sea, AFP images showed the Solong cargo ship -- which on Monday hit the jet fuel-laden Stena Immaculate tanker, triggering ...

Attack on Iran nuclear plant would leave Gulf without water, Qatar PM warns

Mar 08, 2025 (AFP)

In an interview with right-wing United States media personality Tucker Carlson, who is close to US President Donald Trump, the premier said Doha had simulated t...

Cooling La Nina expected to be 'short-lived': UN

Mar 06, 2025 (AFP)

"The weak La Nina event that emerged in December 2024 is likely to be short-lived," the United Nations' World Meteorological Organization said in its latest upd...

In El Salvador, a river without fish feeds fear of mining

Mar 06, 2025 (AFP)

Now, residents fear the same fate for other rivers -- and the creatures and people depending on them -- after Congress, at President Nayib Bukele's request, rev...