The sea floor is strewn with raw materials that could be very important in the future: Manganese and iron, but also rarer and more precious elements such as cobalt, copper, zinc and nickel, are ...

Models of submarine-fan development. (a) Shallow-marine deposition during a period of high sea level- accommodation is located on the shelf. (b) Deep-sea deposition during a period of falling and low ...

Moore said while the initial findings support needed actions to curb mercury pollution across the globe, future research will be needed to establish the degree to which changes in sea ice dynamics ...

Total production and the scale of industrial enterprises in China have expanded greatly since late 1970s. As such, the long-term accumulated environmental risks have evolved and intensified, and China ...