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April 27, 2025
Trump signs executive order boosting deep-sea mining industry. Order seeks to jumpstart mining of US waters as part of push to offset China’s control of minerals industry. Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aimed at boosting the deep-sea mining industry, the latest attempt to boost US production of nickel, copper and other critical minerals used widely across the economy.
April 2, 2025
Average person will be 40% poorer if world warms by 4C, new research shows. Experts say previous economic models underestimated impact of global heating – as well as likely ‘cascading supply chain disruptions’
Economic models have systematically underestimated how global heating will affect people’s wealth, according to a new study that finds 4C warming will make the average person 40% poorer – an almost four-fold increase on some estimates.
March 29, 2025
'This is a very big earthquake': The science behind Myanmar's magnitude 7.7 earthquake. A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake hit central Myanmar (formerly Burma) Friday (March 28), shaking Mandalay, the country's second-largest city, as well as nearby countries, including China and Thailand, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reported.
March 21, 2025
On March 21, the world celebrates International Day of Forests, which was founded in 1971 and has been celebrated annually since then.
March 18, 2025
Trump Vows to Authorize Coal-Fired Power to Counter China. “I am authorizing my Administration to immediately begin producing Energy with BEAUTIFUL, CLEAN COAL,” Trump wrote in a social media post. It’s not clear what Trump was referring to or how his social media decree would affect US policy. Trump already signed an executive order declaring a national energy emergency and directed the Environmental Protection Agency to boost fossil fuel production and distribution.
March 16, 2025
China's first space mining robot has been developed by the China University of Mining and Technology (CUMT). It not only adapts to the microgravity conditions of space but also navigates the rugged, cratered terrain of asteroids, CCTV News reported on Sunday. The prototype has now filed patents with relevant authorities and successfully cleared preliminary reviews, the report said.
March 7, 2025
'This is weird': Experts 'shocked' by record-breaking longevity of Death Valley's phantom lake. A temporary lake at Badwater Basin in Death Valley National Park has persisted for more than six months, which is far longer than it has lasted before. And experts say that it could stick around for quite a while yet.
March 4, 2025
Letter of the Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia dated 12/19/2024 N 03-14-53/52184 "On the implementation of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol". The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment informs about the measures that need to be implemented in order to fulfill Russia's obligations under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer and the Kigali Amendment to it.
February 26, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin has invited American government agencies and companies to engage in joint projects for the mining of rare earth metals. Russia has 20% of the reserves of such raw materials, while there is practically no extraction and processing due to a lack of technology and a stable sales market.
February 25, 2025
The Ministry of Natural Resources reported the presence of 28.5 million tons of rare earth metals in the bowels of Russia. Oleg Kazanov, head of the Federal Agency for Subsoil Use (Rosnedra), during the round table "Extraction and processing of rare earth metals: a problem and solutions" in the Federation Council, stated that Russia's supply of rare earth elements (REE) is very high - the proven reserves of this type of raw material, prepared for production, are estimated at 28.5 million ton