With half the planet up for grabs, a call for deep-ocean stewardship
Thursday, May 15, 2014 - 18:30
in Earth & Climate
(Phys.org) —The world's deep ocean spans more than half the planet and untold quantities of untapped energy resources, precious metals, and minerals reside in its depths. Humankind needs and depends upon many of the deep ocean's treasures, and the race is already on to exploit them.