seafloor
Environment
Antarctica’s Doomsday Glacier “Hanging on by its Fingernails”
The Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica, also known as the Doomsday Glacier, has been determined to be "hanging on by its fingernails" due to its melting rate accelerating, with a doubling outflow speed in the last thirty years.
Scientists deployed...
Business
The Many Perils of Mining the Seas
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By Elizabeth De Santo, Elizabeth Mendenhall and Elizabeth Nyman
Mining the ocean floor for submerged minerals is a little-known, experimental industry. But soon it will take place on the deep seabed, which belongs to everyone, according to international law.
Seabed mining...