US Claims Huge Chunk of Seabed Amid Strategic Push for Resources
US Claims Huge Chunk of Seabed Amid Strategic Push for Resources
The US extended its claims on the ocean floor by an area twice the size of California, securing rights to potentially resource-rich seabeds at a time when Washington is ramping up efforts to safeguard supplies of minerals key to future technologies.
Canada’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs didn’t respond to a request for comment
lol
Not enough seals were detected in those areas
Securing my rights to the last piece of Christmas ham by licking all the Christmas ham.
People licking meat in here?
Hopefully cocks and not dead animal carcass
I think this is the announcement?
https://www.state.gov/announcement-of-u-s-extended-continental-shelf-outer-limits/
I'm unclear which but is the new change
the geometry of the claims looks oddly specific. Have they discovered something in those areas?
UNCLOS has rules defining where the continental shelf boundary can be considered to extend to, so it's probably wherever that line is (with carveouts for where it meets Russia and Canada's equivalent claims). This type of claim is only for the sea bed, not the water column, so it hasn't been economically viable to exploit in the past. That might be changing with the increased importance of rare earth metals
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Oink
Hey Canada. Do something. Canada, are you ded ?? 🤣🤣🤣
China attempts to maintain their territorial claims in the South China Sea after the Philippines and Vietnam conduct island-building operations there in the early-00s: CHINA BAD!!!
America expanding their territorial claims in the Pacific because they want more natural resources: Yeah, this is fine and reasonable and democratic.
Canada, who gets no say in the matter because we're entirely reliant on the US for trade and defence: fuck, eh?
China bad
America bad
Simple
One of these claims is compatible with UNCLOS, the other absolutely is not. The US pulls plenty of international dickery, including not ratifying UNCLOS, but this claim fits within that existing international law just fine
I find it amazing how every time you see the shittiest take in this community, it's a lemmy.ml user. It never fails.
That or hexbear but yeah
What the fuck does China have to do with this
Literally the same bullshit getting pulled in the South China Sea.
"This ocean is all MY ocean, because I said so"
(oh oops there's oil there teehee completely unrelated)