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Arctic Divers Reach Never-Before Explored Ocean Ridge Studded with Volcanoes

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Arctic Divers Reach Never-Before Explored Ocean Ridge Studded with Volcanoes

The submersible Fendouzhe being deployed off a Chinese icebreaker in the Arctic Ocean. Credit: Courtesy of the Fendouzhe Research Team One of the most remote and unexplored parts of the planet has been visited by a  submersible crewed by Chinese geophysicists and marine scientists for the first time ever. Having been researched from the surface … Read more

A cold gold rush? The race for the Arctic’s critical minerals is heating up

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A cold gold rush? The race for the Arctic’s critical minerals is heating up

Traditional painted houses overlooking sea ice in the Old Nuuk district near the Sermitsiaq mountain in Nuuk, Greenland, on Thursday, April 3, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images A global scramble to exploit the Arctic’s untapped resources appears to be kicking into overdrive. In a push to break China’s mineral dominance, countries around the … Read more