Critical minerals such as cobalt, nickel, copper and manganese can be found in potato-sized nodules at the bottom of the seafloor. Pallava Bagla | Corbis News | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump has signed a sweeping executive order to jump-start the controversial practice of deep-sea mining, seeking to offset China’s dominant position in critical…
Donald Trump has signed a controversial executive order aimed at stepping up deep-sea mining within US and in international waters. Thursday’s order is the latest issued by the US president to try to increase America’s access to minerals used by the aerospace, green technology and healthcare sectors. The deep sea contains billions of tonnes of…
Maddie Molloy BBC Climate & Science Huang et al/Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli The facial markings of the fish resemble those of San, the warrior princess from Princess Mononoke A deepwater fish new to science has been named after San, the warrior princess from Studio Ghibli’s landmark animated film Princess Mononoke, due to its striking facial markings….
