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- Deep sea mining could be worse for the climate than land ores https://planet-tracker.org/deep-sea-mining-could-be-worse-for-the-climate-than-land-ores/ 66 comments
- SpaceX launches heavy telecom satellite, sticks high-seas landing - The company has now flown 16 missions this year. https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/09/spacex-to-launch-super-heavy-payload-land-in-high-seas-sunday-night/ 19 comments technology
- SpaceX shoots for another sea landing February 24 http://thenextweb.com/insider/2016/02/08/spacex-shoots-for-another-sea-landing-february-24/ 4 comments space
- Images show Vietnam reclaiming land in South China Sea http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/08/us-southchinasea-vietnam-iduskbn0nt04820150508 7 comments worldnews
- Seven hectares of land added to Tuvalu to combat sea level rises https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2023/12/05/seven-hectares-of-land-added-to-tuvalu-to-combat-sea-level-rises-more-needed/ 4 comments worldnews
- SpaceX nails a tricky fourth rocket landing at sea https://www.engadget.com/2016/08/14/spacex-fourth-sea-landing/ 11 comments worldnews
- Gaza: UN urges lifting of Israeli restrictions on access to land and sea http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?newsid=35668&cr=gaza&cr1= 4 comments worldnews
- Jeff Bezos pledges $1 billion to protect 30 percent of the Earth’s land and sea https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/09/20/bezos-amazon-climate-change-donation/ 95 comments environment
- Saudi Arabia, Qatar ‘agree to open airspace, land and sea border' https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/4/saudi-arabia-qatar-agree-to-open-airspace-land-and-sea-border 67 comments geopolitics
- China has for the first time landed bombers on disputed territory in the South China Sea, its air force said, prompting fresh US warnings that it is destabilising the region http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-44180773 11 comments worldnews
- Russia Ukraine Conflict: Moscow Launches Land, Air And Sea Drills Simultaneously In Crimea For First Time http://www.ibtimes.com/russia-ukraine-conflict-moscow-launches-land-air-sea-drills-simultaneously-crimea-2512730 6 comments worldnews
- Louisiana History Washes Away As Sea Levels Rise, Land Sinks http://tpr.org/post/louisiana-history-washes-away-sea-levels-rise-land-sinks 11 comments history
- Investors in Miami Are Buying Up Land at Higher Elevations Before Sea Levels Rise http://www.citylab.com/housing/2016/03/miami-sea-level-rise-development-displacement/472830/ 8 comments business
- Study: Native Americans have West Eurasian origins. Contradicts common belief indigenous peoples descended from East Asians who crossed Bering Sea land bridge http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/11/21/study-native-americanshavewesteurasianorigins.html 37 comments science
- Trump, For Some Reason, Thinks Rising Sea Levels Will Create More Oceanfront Land https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-sea-level-rise_n_66c4ed93e4b00667298b7ded 206 comments politics
- Marines Handoff Loitering Munition Control Between Air, Sea, Land Platforms https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/marines-handoff-loitering-munition-control-between-air-sea-land-platforms 2 comments military
- Some people want to invent animal satellites with abilities like seeing through caves, water, etc, that can find every last animal on land, sea, sky, etc, on the entire earth. https://www.herox.com/NTL/post/33 4 comments science
- SpaceX rocket launches another 60 Starlink satellites, nails its 7th landing at sea https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-24-satellite-mission-launch-rocket-landing 374 comments space
- Isn't the Sea of Tranquillity now sacred soil for all mankind? — A space archaeologist, Dr Alice Gorman, writes on the importance of protecting the heritage of the Moon landing sites. https://theconversation.com/we-need-to-protect-the-heritage-of-the-apollo-missions-117007 14 comments space
- China is prototyping reusable rockets after SpaceX sea landing, so far focuses on parachutes (Xinhua) http://en.ce.cn/main/latest/201604/21/t20160421_10727301.shtml 124 comments spacex
- Four Russian cruise missiles fired at Syria from the Caspian Sea landed in Iran, unnamed US officials say. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34479873 6 comments worldnews
- Elon Musk’s next trick: Landing a rocket upright on a barge in the middle of the sea. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/12/25/elon-musks-next-trick-landing-a-rocket-upright-on-a-barge-in-the-middle-of-the-sea/?tid=sm_fb 14 comments spacex
- NATO is reinforcing its military presence on Eastern Border on Sea, Land and in the Air http://abcnews.go.com/international/wirestory/heavy-gunfire-heard-airport-eastern-ukraine-troops-move-23331604 7 comments worldnews
- Ships are illegally dumping plastic trash at sea, study suggests - Sources on land blamed for most ocean plastic, but ships may be a bigger problem than thought https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/sea-litter-ships-bottles-1.5318390 310 comments worldnews
- If the big countries (in the area, etc.) would like to help Indonesia fight off Chinese encroachment of their land in the South China Sea then what is a good way to do this? Could they have a USA led force on an island near China’s claims? This would be without establishing an Asia NATO probably. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3044374/how-indonesias-south-china-sea-dispute-beijing-could-lead 6 comments geopolitics
- Earth lost 50% of its wildlife in the past 40 years, says WWF | Species across land, rivers and seas decimated as humans kill for food in unsustainable numbers and destroy habitats http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/29/earth-lost-50-wildlife-in-40-years-wwf 2006 comments worldnews
- LA Times: Naturally occurring changes in winds, not human-caused climate change, are responsible for most of the warming on land and in the sea along the West Coast of North America over the last century, a study has found. http://www.latimes.com/science/la-sci-pacific-warming-20140923-story.html 21 comments worldnews
- Global sea level rise: NASA mission takes stock of Earth's melting land ice http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120209100544.htm 262 comments science
- Planet Earth has been shedding vast amounts of ice: a cumulative 28 trillion tonnes in less than 25 years, an analysis shows. The loss of ice on land has boosted average global sea levels by nearly 35 millimetres https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00213-w 5 comments science
- Mapping begins of lands lost to North Sea during stone age: Scientists set out to reconstruct submerged Mesolithic landscape of Doggerland https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/may/08/mapping-begins-of-lands-lost-to-north-sea-during-the-stone-age 13 comments worldnews
- Chinese air force has landed long-range bombers for the first time on an airport in the South China Sea, in a move likely to further fuel concerns about Beijing's expansive claims over the disputed region https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/19/china-lands-bomber-on-south-china-sea-island-for-first-time.html 14 comments worldnews
- A New Zealand man and his six-year old daughter missing at sea for more than a month have landed in Australia after sailing their small, damaged yacht across the treacherous 2,000 km (1,241.7 miles) Tasman Sea. http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-australia-newzealand-boat-idukkbn14w0gg?rpc=401& 1298 comments worldnews
- How much new land is formed due to tectonic or volcanic activity? Is it enough to offset the land lost to rising sea levels? https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/5g2lig/how_much_new_land_is_formed_due_to_tectonic_or/ 4 comments askscience
- Plastic shopping bags, an abundant source of litter on land and at sea, can be converted into diesel, natural gas and other useful petroleum products, researchers report. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/02/140212132853.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed:+sciencedaily/top_news/top_science+(sciencedaily:+top+science+news) 407 comments science
- 'At 11:19 a.m. today, for the first time in history, a plane without a pilot in it executed one of the most complex missions in aviation: launching off an aircraft carrier at sea. Only the Navy can’t yet land that drone...' http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/05/drone-carrier/ 14 comments technology
- Climate change: Rising sea levels on track to destroy the homes of 300 million people by 2050 | According to a study published Tuesday in Nature Communications, land housing 300m people will flood annually by 2050. That number could rise to 630 million by 2100 if carbon emissions don't decrease https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rising-sea-levels-on-track-to-destroy-homes-of-300-million-people-by-2050/ 13 comments worldnews
- UN panel signals red alert on 'Blue Planet' | Climate change is devastating our seas and frozen regions as never before, a major new United Nations report warns. And the loss of permanently frozen lands threatens to unleash even more carbon, hastening the decline https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-49817804 4 comments worldnews
- Climate change hit 62m people worldwide, says State of the Global Climate WMO report | 2018 saw record sea level rise and exceptionally high land and ocean temperatures as the physical signs and socio-economic impacts of climate change accelerate https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/climate-news/111637236/climate-change-is-accelerating-says-state-of-the-global-climate-report 6 comments worldnews
- According to a new study, the estimated mass of every bit of human-made urban and rural infrastructure, every vehicle and machine, every device and construction on land, sea and in the air, every piece of technology, and all the garbage in landfills, is approximately 30 million tons. http://www.livescience.com/57090-earths-heavyweight-technosphere.html 6 comments science
- The Really Creepy People Behind the Libertarian-Inspired Billionaire Sea Castles: The stinking rich are planning billion-dollar luxury liners that keep the land-based Americans they've plundered at a safe distance http://www.alternet.org/economy/147058/the_really_creepy_people_behind_the_libertarian-inspired_billionaire_sea_castles/ 48 comments politics