Jessie Francis is a women leader of Lelegia village. Far from the corridors of power and policy, a quiet revolution has been ...

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The women of Chelem, a fishing community on the northern coast of the Mexican state of Yucatán, hadn’t planned to work in ...

The report also refuted the false remarks by the Philippines that China had "dumped" coral debris at Tiexian Reef, as well as ...

President Trump signed an order Thursday aimed at making it easier for companies to mine the ocean floor. Scientists and ...

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Some of the world’s most fascinating creatures live underwater. And unlike the more mainstream animals under the sea — ...

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Companies are preparing to move forward with seabed mining, but a method for gathering critical minerals from the seafloor ...