West Philippine Sea is the name given by an administrative order (AO) of then President Benigno Aquino III to Philippine territorial waters west of the country. Aquino’s AO said West Philippine Sea ...

Physical oceanography is the study of the physics of marine systems. It includes the distribution of temperature and salinity, water mass formation and movement, ocean currents, interior and ...

Diplomats from more than 30 nations have criticized a proposal that could allow the start of seabed mining by 2027. By Eric Lipton Reporting from Washington Nearly 40 nations, big and small ...

International regulators on Friday condemned a seabed mining company’s move to circumvent their authority by seeking the Trump administration’s approval to extract critical minerals from ...

Now, a new threat looms on the horizon: seabed sand mining in the Arabian Sea. In November 2024, the Ministry of Mines announced a tender for offshore sand mining in collaboration with private ...

In addition, the research object of solidified sand is calcareous sand. Previous studies mostly focus on conventional terrigenous sand. However, calcareous sand is fragile and has low strength, which ...

THE solubility of and chemical changes undergone by phosphates added to calcareous soils still present many unsolved problems, in spite of extensive research in this field. The influence of large ...

For centuries, much of the ocean floor has remained a mystery. Now, thanks to data from NASA’s SWOT satellite, scientists have created one of the most detailed maps ever, revealing hidden underwater ...

GEBCO bathymetric data - digital mapping of the ocean floor in layman's terms - observed by Dr Lyne pinpoints the yellow spec at Latitude: 33.02°S, Longitude: 100.27°E, aligning with the ...

Russia and U.S. experts to meet in Riyadh on Monday Kremlin says Black Sea initiative is on the agenda Trump seeking to kickstart peace talks in three-year war MOSCOW, March 20 (Reuters) - Russian ...

One of Heather Welch’s jobs — before she was fired via an email giving her just 90 minutes to pack up and leave — was to prevent collisions between the ships and whales navigating the water ...

TOKYO, March 17 — It covers nearly three-quarters of our planet but the ocean floor is less mapped than the Moon, an astonishing fact driving a global push to build the clearest-ever picture of the ...