U.S. expands seabed claims amid push for key minerals | The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

The U.S. 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.

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