Racing Yachts Double As Floating Labs For Ocean Research

Yachts equipped with high-tech but user-friendly environmental DNA kits are building a more comprehensive picture of how life ...
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Norway poised to sail past opposition with deep-sea mining licensing plans

If you liked this story, share it with other people. In June, Norway proposed 386 license areas in the Norwegian Sea for future deep-sea mining activities. During the ensuing three-month public ...
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Deep-sea wildernesses are more important than the promise of seafloor mining (analysis)

When I set sail on the MV NorSky in the summer of 2008 to probe the depths of Manus Basin off the coast of Papua New Guinea, I believed in the promise of deep-sea mining. As an early-career deep-sea ...
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One Ocean Expedition: Sailing to Greenland for Science and Connection

Can you imagine sailing the high seas of the Atlantic Ocean to the frigid waters of Greenland? This summer, about 40 graduate students and faculty from Portugal, Norway, Greenland, and the U.S. are ...
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San Antonio educator sets sail on groundbreaking deep sea expedition to inspire local students

San Antonio STEM educator Giselle De Leon is currently aboard the Exploration Vessel Nautilus, mapping unexplored regions of the Pacific Ocean near the Marshall Islands as part of an international ...