14 Jul 2026

Photo credit: Adobe Stock The UK has ratified the High Seas Treaty, the international agreement that for the first time allows marine protected areas to be created in the ocean beyond national borders. The Foreign Secretary signed the document required for ratification, which was formally deposited with the United Nations in New York on 10 July, completing […]

09 Jan 2024

The United States has extended its claims on the sea floor by an area twice the size of California, securing rights to potentially resource-rich areas. The ‘Extended Continental Shelf’ covers about 1 million square kilometres (386,100 square miles), predominantly in the Arctic and Bering Sea, an area of increasing strategic importance where Canada and Russia […]