The left’s “enlightened” progressive response to such unspeakable savagery is to insist this has nothing to do with Islam and shrug. Instead they attack those who oppose jihad terror as the real problem.
The idea that this savagery goes on daily while the whole world does nothing speaks to the left’s decades-long destruction of Americanism and power. The spread of Islam by the sword would not have been possible without our impotence.
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“Isis releases graphic video showing four Shia ‘spies’ being burned alive in Anbar, Iraq,”
Isis has released a graphic new execution video purporting to show four Shia “spies” being burned alive in Iraq.
Issued by the militant group’s media arm and claiming to be filmed in Anbar province, the footage shows four men apparently from Iraq’s popular resistance forces (militia), “confessing” individually to the camera.
The men are then strung up by their hands and feet to a wooden frame, before a fire is lit beneath them and they are burned to death.
Isis has entitled the video with a line from the Koran, roughly translated as “Punish them with the same harm they have caused you”, and experts said it came in direct response to videos showing similar atrocities circulated by Iraq’s Shia fighters.
Last week, a video circulated on social media showed the Shia militia leader Abu Azrael torturing and killing a Sunni fighter, accused of Isis allegiance, by burning him alive over an open pit.
In the early stages of Isis’s new video, the four prisoners are shown as they are made to watch that footage.
Dr Andreas Krieg, an expert on the Middle East from King’s College’s Department of Defence Studies, told The Independent that the new video was unlike previous Isis releases designed to “terrorise a global audience and attract fanatics”.
“Fanatics” – the left’s dysphemism for devout Muslims.
He said that Shia militias, often with the support of Iran and employed by the Iraqi government, have been committing atrocities “of the same scale as Isis” since 2003.
“Isis wants to show its most important military and ideological enemy, namely the Shia militias, that none of their atrocities will go unpunished,” Dr Krieg said.
“It wants to send the message that they are not impressed by Shia cruelties and that despite the Iraqi government’s determination, Isis can act with impunity.”
Writing on Twitter about the new video, Julie Lenarz, a director at the Human Security Centre foreign policy think-tank, asked followers not to seek out the footage. “Too graphic and horrific to share,” she said.
Ένας Ισραηλινός στρατιώτης προσπαθεί να βάλει μια πιθανή προ-εφήβων-πέτρα ρίπτης στη Δυτική Όχθη σε headlock ξυλοκοπήθηκε εκτός από τις συλλογικές προσπάθειες της παλαιστινιακής οικογένειας του. IDF έχουν καλέσει το περιστατικό μια «βίαιη πρόκληση» από μια οικογένεια ακτιβιστές διασημότητα.
Μια ιογενή βίντεο έχει προκύψει από έναν ανώνυμο Ισραηλινού στρατιώτη κυνηγήσει ένα αγόρι του οποίου το χέρι είναι σε μια σφεντόνα έξω από το χωριό Nabi Saleh, συχνό σημείο ανάφλεξης για διαμαρτυρίες. Όπως ο ίδιος καρφώνει το ουρλιάζοντας 12-year-old Μοχάμεντ Tamimi κάτω, ο στρατιώτης βρίσκεται πάνω από την οικογένεια του αγοριού, συμπεριλαμβανομένης της μητέρας του, η θεία, αδελφή.
Στο κλιπ, ο στρατιώτης προσπαθεί να ξεγλιστρήσουν από την κατανόηση του πνιγμού και δάγκωμα συγγενείς πριν διασωθεί από έναν άλλο στρατιώτη, που τον τραβά έξω, διώχνεις ένα σμήνος από συγγενείς και ακτιβιστών που φθάνουν στη σκηνή. Όπως ο ίδιος οδηγείται μακριά, η εμφανώς εκνευρισμό IDF ιδιωτικό ρίχνει μια χειροβομβίδα κρότου-λάμψης.
Ο πατέρας του 12-year-old, Bassem Tamimi, ο οποίος παρατήρησε ολόκληρο το περιστατικό πίσω από την κάμερα, δήλωσε στο Facebook ότι ο γιος του έπρεπε να μεταφερθεί στο νοσοκομείο, και κατηγόρησε τους Ισραηλινούς γυρίσματα άλλο ένα 9-year-old γιος δύο ημέρες νωρίτερα.
"Έχουμε προστατεύσει την οικογένειά μας και η γη μας μέσα από την αντίσταση," Tamimi είπε σε άλλη θέση. "Οι άνθρωποι του κόσμου, να σταθεί με την Παλαιστίνη. Σταθείτε με τα ανθρώπινα δικαιώματα. "
Αμυντικές Δυνάμεις του Ισραήλ χαρακτηρίζεται από το περιστατικό της Παρασκευής με διαφορετικό τρόπο, αποκαλώντας την «βίαιη διατάραξη της ειρήνης στο Nabi Saleh, κατά την οποία οι Παλαιστίνιοι πέταξαν πέτρες στο IDF δυνάμεις που βρίσκονταν στο χώρο."
"Η νεολαία που φωτογραφήθηκε ταυτίστηκε με τη δύναμη επιφυλακή ως μια πέτρα-ρίπτη, και γι 'αυτό αποφασίστηκε να τον θέτουν υπό κράτηση. Κατά τη στιγμή της σύλληψης, η βίαιη πρόκληση από έναν αριθμό των Παλαιστινίων που αναπτύχθηκε, μεταξύ των οποίων γυναίκες και παιδιά. Υπό το πρίσμα των βίαιων φιλονικία, ο διοικητής αποφάσισε να μην προχωρήσει με την κράτηση, "είπε σε μια ηλεκτρονική δήλωση.
Ενώ δραματικές εικόνες από την εκδήλωση έχουν ηλεκτρονικά κυκλοφορήσει σε όλο τον κόσμο,πολλές προ-Ισραήλ bloggers έχουν κατηγορήσει την οικογένεια Tamimi της δημιουργίας μια προκλητική κατάσταση, και στη συνέχεια τη μαγνητοσκόπηση και την επεξεργασία του με έναν τρόπο που απαξιώνει τους ισραηλινούς στρατιώτες και προσελκύει συμπάθεια για την παλαιστινιακή υπόθεση . Αυτή είναι μια πρακτική που είναι γνωστή ως Pallywood και Bassem Tamimi επισημαίνεται ως έναν από τους κύριους υποστηρικτές της, με την κόρη του να δοθεί το παρατσούκλι Shirley σκωπτική διάθεση.
Tamimi έχει συλληφθεί 8 φορές, αλλά αυξήθηκε σε φήμη όταν ο τότε 12-year-old
The human skull that challenges the Out of Africa theory
This is the account of the discovery of a skull that has the potential to change what we know about human evolution, and a suppression and cover-up which followed.
In 1959, in an area called Chalkidiki in Petralona, Northern Greece, a shepherd came across a small opening to a cave, which became visible when a thick covering of snow finally melted. He gathered a group of villagers to help him clear the entrance so they could go inside and explore. They found a cave rich in stalactites and stalagmites. But they also found something surprising – a human skull embedded in the wall (later research also uncovered a huge number of fossils including pre-human species, animal hair, fossilized wood, and stone and bone tools).
The skull was given to the University of Thessaloniki in Greece by the President of the Petralona Community. The agreement was that once the research was done, a museum would be opened featuring the findings from the Petralona cave, and the skull would be returned to be displayed in the museum – something that never happened.
Dr Aris Poulianos, member of the UNESCO's IUAES (International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences), later founder of the Anthropological Association of Greece, and an expert anthropologist who was working at the University of Moscow at the time, was invited by the Prime Minister of Greece to return to Greece to take a position of a University Chair in Athens. This was due to the publication of his book, ‘The Origins of the Greeks’, which provides excellent research showing that Greek people didn’t originate from the Slavic nations but were indigenous to Greece. Upon his return to Greece, Dr Poulianos was made aware of the discovery of the skull at Petralona, and immediately started studying the Petralona cave and skull.
The ‘Petralona man’, or Archanthropus of Petralona, as it has since been called, was found to be 700,000 years old, making it the oldest human europeoid (presenting European traits) of that age ever discovered in Europe. Dr Poulianos’ research showed that the Petralona man evolved separately in Europe and was not an ancestor of a species that came out of Africa.
In 1964, independent German researchers, Breitinger and Sickenberg, tried to dismiss Dr Poulianos’ findings, arguing that the skull was only 50,000 years old and was indeed an ancestor that came from Africa. However, research published in the US in 1971 in the prestigious Archaeology magazine, backed up the findings that the skull was indeed 700,000 years old. This was based on an analysis of the cave’s stratigraphy and the sediment in which the skull was embedded within. Further research in the cave discovered isolated teeth and two pre-human skeletons dating back 800,000 years, as well as other fossils of various species.
Today, most academics who have analyzed the Petralona remains say that the cranium of the Archanthropus of Petralona belongs to an archaic hominid distinguished from Homo erectus, and from both the classic Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans, but showing characterists of all those species and presenting strong European traits. A skull dating back 700,000 which is either Homo sapien or part Homo sapien is in direct conflict with the Out of Africa theory of human evolution.
Further excavations continued in the cave of Petralona with the participation of international researchers (46 specialists from 12 separate countries), which provided further proof of Dr Poulianos’ claims, including remarkable findings like fossilized pieces of wood, an oak leaf, animal hair and coprolites, which enabled accurate dating, as well as the almost continuous presence of stone and bone tools of the Archanthropus evolutionary stage, from the lower (750,000 years) to the upper (550,000 years) layers of sediment within the cave.
The research, after an interruption due to the dictatorship in Greece, continued up to 1983. It was then ordered by the government that all excavations at the site were forbidden to anyone, including the original archaeological team, and for 15 years nobody had access to the site or to the findings – no reason was provided by the government. Was this denial of access to prevent the extraction of whatever new scientific conclusions remained hidden within the incredible fossils embedded within the layers of the caves’ walls?
After the Anthropological Society of Greece took the case to the courts, 15 years later they were again allowed access to the cave. Since then the Ministry of Culture is trying in any way to overcome the Courts decision and further trials proceed.
Dr Poulianos’ findings contradicted conventional views regarding human evolution and his research was suppressed. Dr Poulianos and his wife were physically attacked and injured in their home in 2012 and the culprits were never been found. He and his team have been denied further access to the cave to complete their research and study, and the whereabouts of the skull is now unknown.
Today a sign sits outside the cave of Petralona stating that the skull found in the cave was 300,000 years old, and on Wikipedia today you will see references dismissing the evidence and trying to date the Petralona skull within acceptable parameters – between 160,000 and 240,000 years old.
Recently, Professor C.G. Nicholas Mascie-Taylor of the University of Cambridge sent a letter to the Ministry of Culture in Greece saying that the correct date of the skull is 700,000 years old and not 300,000. He has also challenged the government’s suppression of information regarding this incredible discovery.
The Greek Ministry of Education, Religions, Culture and Sports,
Bouboulinas 20-22,
Athens 106 82,
Greece
5 September 2012
Dear Sir,
I am writing on behalf of the European Anthropological Association, which is the umbrella professional and academic association linking all of the national European biological anthropology and human biology societies, to express our concerns about the conservation of the Petralona Cave and Skull, the misinformation of the dating of the skull, as well as the treatment of personnel associated with the conservation of the Cave.
The bases of our concerns are that the skull has been damaged through many scratches and the crown of a tooth (1st molar) cut off. As requested by Anthropological Association of Greece what is required is a detailed description of the present status of the skull, so that no one in future can arbitrarily damage it further. There is also the problem of dating which has been scientifically dated at about 700,000 years ago not 300,000 as is given at the information desk. There is a very detailed record of the excavations and findings which need to receive further public presentation but which have never been catalogued so as to prevent specimens going missing.
It is very unfortunate that the Greek Archaeological Department stopped Dr Aris Poulianos from further work in the Cave without any explanation. It is also very worrying that Dr Poulianos and his wife were physically attacked and injured in their home earlier this year and the culprits have not been found. He was also verbally abused when attempting to give an invited presentation to teachers and school children.
Senior anthropologists and geologists have also been denied access to the Cave and the specimens for further study on a number of occasions without substantive reasons. Earlier this year there has also been misinformation given to the Greek Parliament concerning financial aspects of the Cave.
I look forward to receiving answers to these questions.
Yours faithfully
Professor C G N Mascie-Taylor MA, PhD, ScD (all Cambridge), FSB, FNAS (Hungary)
Professor of Human Population Biology and Health and President of the European Anthropological Association
The most important conclusion of Dr Poulianos' research regards the co-existence of all main anthropological types (African – Kobi, Asian – Beijing and European – Petralona) at the same almost period (700,000, 500,000 and 750,000 respectively). That means: the appearance of the today human main populations (races or even better phyllae - from the Greek language and that’s why polyphyletic etc) is tending to almost 1,000,000 m.y.a. and not to only 10,000 or 30,000 years as currently considered world wide.
However, independently if there is a scientific dispute on the above, it is only sad to become aware that research is not allowed to those who are not coordinated to the “standard” knowledge, risking even their lives in front of gun shooters.
Is this a cover up of an incredible discovery that the powers-that-be do not want us to have access to? You be the judge.
Μια έκρηξη πιστεύεται ότι προκλήθηκε από μια επίθεση δολιοφθοράς έχει σταματήσει τη ροή στον αγωγό που φέρνει φυσικό αέριο από το Αζερμπαϊτζάν στην Τουρκία για δεύτερη φορά αυτό το μήνα. Τούρκος αξιωματούχος του υπουργείου Ενέργειας επιβεβαίωσε ότι η ροή στη γραμμή, επίσης γνωστή ως ο αγωγός φυσικού αερίου Μπακού-Τιφλίδα-Ερζουρούμ ή τον αγωγό φυσικού αερίου Νότιο Καύκασο, είχε διακοπεί από χθες το βράδυ μετά από μια έκρηξη πιστεύεται ότι είναι το αποτέλεσμα μιας επίθεσης σαμποτάζ από το Κουρδιστάν Εργατικό Κόμμα (ΡΚΚ). Το ΡΚΚ παραδέχθηκε την ευθύνη για προηγούμενες επιθέσεις στη γραμμή στις αρχές Αυγούστου. Τηλεόραση πυροβόλησε πλάνα στην περιοχή Καρς της Τουρκίας βορειοανατολικά κοντά στο σημείο της έκρηξης έδειξε φλόγες έφθασαν σε εκατοντάδες μέτρα στον αέρα, με τους ντόπιους αναφέρουν ότι η έκρηξη ακούστηκε σε απόσταση μερικών χιλιομέτρων. Ένας υπάλληλος από την BP κοινοπραξία της οποίας ηγείται λειτουργούν Shah Deniz τομέα του φυσικού αερίου του Αζερμπαϊτζάν, η οποία προμηθεύει τα 6,6 δισεκατομμύρια κυβικά μέτρα / έτος φυσικού αερίου η γραμμή μεταφέρει σήμερα, επιβεβαίωσαν ότι η ροή μέσω της γραμμής ξαναρχίζει την Κυριακή έχει διακοπεί για περίπου τρεις εβδομάδες λόγω προγραμματισμένων εργασίες συντήρησης στο κοίτασμα φυσικού αερίου Shah Deniz. Ροή ακόμα αναδιατάσσουν και δεν ήταν κοντά στα φυσιολογικά επίπεδα όταν σημειώθηκε η έκρηξη, είπε. Οι επισκευές στη γραμμή αναμένεται να διαρκέσει αρκετές ημέρες, με την περιοχή γύρω από το σημείο της έκρηξης παραμένει σφραγισμένη από τις δυνάμεις ασφαλείας. Η επίθεση σαμποτάζ είναι η δεύτερη σε αυτό του αγωγού κατά τις τρεις τελευταίες εβδομάδες. Η γραμμή ανατινάχθηκε στο παρελθόν, στις 3 Αυγούστου, μια επίθεση που επικαλείται η PKK που έχει ισχυρίστηκε επίσης την ευθύνη για παρόμοιες επιθέσεις σαμποτάζ σε αγωγό αερίου Ιράν-Τουρκίας στις 27 Ιουλίου και στη γραμμή πετρελαίου του Ιράκ-Τουρκίας στις 28 Ιουλίου Το PKK τελευταία μήνα ανακοίνωσε ότι έως δύο ετών κατάπαυση του πυρός. Η γραμμή αερίου Αζερμπαϊτζάν-Τουρκίας πραγματοποιεί σήμερα έως 6,6 Bcm / έτος Αζερμπαϊτζάν αερίου από το κοίτασμα φυσικού αερίου Shah Deniz στην Τουρκία στο πλαίσιο συμφωνίας που υπεγράφη το 2001, με τη ροή που αρχίζει στις 30 Σεπτεμβρίου του 2006.
Tucson, AZ – An amazing time-lapse video of a microburst caught has gone viral.
The description of the video by Bryan Snider states:
A time lapse of a strong thunderstorm that dropped a couple of wet microburst. One in particular was captured really well in the timelapse thanks to the sun peaking out to the west. Notice how the ball of rain falls from the sky and starts separating before hitting the ground. Once it hits the ground you can see the power of microburst as it expands similar to the ripple you would see when you drop a stone in water.
Video: En Líbano se vuelven violentas las protestas contra la acumulación de basura
Publicado: 22 ago 2015 21:06 GMT | Última actualización: 25 ago 2015 17:48 GMT
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Las protestas contra la acumulación de basura en las calles de la capital de Líbano, Beirut, se han vuelto violentas este sábado.
Miles de personas se reunieron en el centro de la capital libanesa este sábado para protestar contra la disfunción gubernamental que ha derivado en que las basuras se acumulen en las calles de la ciudad.
Los manifestantes también gritaron consignas políticas exigiendo el derrocamiento del Gobierno. "¡El pueblo quiere derrocar al régimen!" se oía en las calles de Beirut, la misma consigna utilizada en las manifestaciones de la Primavera Árabe que se extendió a través de la región, comunica AP.
Human Rights Watch condenó la violenta respuesta de la Policía contra los manifestantes diciendo que las fuerzas del orden "no lograron cumplir con las normas de derechos humanos".
Al menos 16 personas resultaron heridas en enfrentamientos entre las fuerzas de seguridad libanesas y los manifestantes, informa AFP.
The islands along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, such as Iceland and Jan Mayen, were created from red-hot lava escaping from the Earth's crust. The illustration shows a cross-section of the different layers of rock in the Earth's crust, both on land and the seabed. Areas along this fissure can be the source of valuable minerals. Credit: Geological Survey of Norway
The mid-ocean ridges where tectonic plates meet in the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans are seething with volcanic activity. The most active areas are deep under water, several thousand metres down. Ocean water penetrates several kilometres down towards the centre of Earth where the crust is fractured. Geologists call this hydrothermal activity. Liquid magma heats the water to about 400 °C before the water squirts back out again as an underwater geyser. The ocean water draws minerals and metals out of Earth's crust and carries these back up to the seabed. Gold, silver, copper, cobalt, zinc, and lead are all deposited when the hot springs meet the cold ocean water.
This process formed the foundation for the land-based mines we have as well. The Norwegian ore deposits in Sulitjelma, Kongsberg and Røros were underwater 500 million years ago. But now, mines in Norway and elsewhere in the world are starting to run low on easily accessible ores. This coincides with a drastically increased demand for metals.
Several countries, including Norway, are now examining the possibility of mining the ocean floor.
Mapping the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Statoil, and the mining company Nordic Mining are collaborating on a research project that will map marine mineral resources along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The parties signed a one-year collaboration agreement at the end of November 2012.
"Our primary goal is to map potential resources," says Fredrik Søreide, an adjunct professor at NTNU's Department of Marine Technology who is heading up the project. "We can then prioritize research and development as we move ahead."
Researchers from the university's Department of Geology and Mineral Resources Engineering and Applied Underwater Robotics Laboratory will also participate in this project.
The University of Bergen (UiB) has already gathered interesting samples from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The samples were extracted from the ridge in the area between Jan Mayen Island and the Fram Strait, off the east coast of Greenland. The researchers discovered an area of interest close to Jan Mayen in 2005. They named the area Soria Moria, after a castle in a Norwegian fairy tale.
Loki's Castle
UiB's scientists identified another large hydrothermal field with rich mineral deposits 300 km west of Bjørnøya in 2008. This field is located 2300 metres below the surface of the ocean. The field was named Loki's Castle. It was hard to find, and was thus named after the Norse god Loki, who was a master of disguise. Loki's Castle is the northernmost hydrothermal field that has been charted so far.
The researchers on the project will continue to map the ocean floor along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge for potential mineral deposits, using images from echo sounders and remotely operated submersible vessels.
"We still have many years of data collection ahead of us," Søreide says. "But I do believe that Norway, with all of its offshore experience, is in a good position to develop this potential. It is likely that the mining industry will move offshore eventually, the same way that the petroleum industry did.
First minerals from the sea
The Canadian company Nautilus Minerals is the leader in marine mineral exploration. Nautilus Minerals has developed robotic technology for deep-sea mining in collaboration with the French company Technip. The company is planning to open the first deep-water mine in 2015. The Solwara 1 mine will be located 1600 metres below sea level. The company has found large deposits of copper and gold there. Solwara 1 is located in the Pacific Ocean, north of Australia, in Papua New Guinea.
Nautilus Minerals plans to continue searching for additional commercially viable deposits of copper, gold, zinc, and silver outside of Fiji, Tonga, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and in the western part of the Pacific Ocean. Solwara 1 was supposed to start operations in 2013, but this was postponed. Local activists say that the environmental impact of the mine has not been fully investigated. The government of the independent island state of Papua New Guinea is currently negotiating with the mining company in terms of investments and profits.
Robots mining for gold
Nautilus Minerals will use submersible robots to work on the ocean floor and break apart loose ore. A pipeline will then transport the ore to a specialty vessel on the surface, which then will transport the ore to shore for refining.
"This is an extremely rich deposit of gold and copper," says Terje Bjerkgård from Norway's Geological Survey (NGU). He studies mineral resources and has participated in two research expeditions that included the area around Papua New Guinea.
"Underwater mining will first be commercialized in the Pacific," he says. "The largest known deposit on the ocean floor is in Middle Valley in the northeast Pacific Ocean, off Canada. Other interesting deposits are north of New Zealand. Underwater mining will become more viable as land-based deposits become harder and more expensive to exploit. The challenges are tied to the distinct fauna around the hot springs."
Black smokers
Rolf B. Pedersen, a professor at the University of Bergen, has been active in the exploration of the ocean floor along the Mid-Atlantic ridge. He is head of the Centre for Geobiology, which examines volcanic hydrothermal activity and the formation of the mineral resources. The Centre also conducts research on the biodiversity around underwater hot springs, including extremophile bacteria (bacteria that live in extreme environments). The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is populated by a unique fauna and flora. Scientists at the Centre discovered ten new species just in the area around Loki's Castle. The mineral-rich water is the reason for the diversity.
Steaming chimneys called black smokers protrude from the volcanic areas at the bottom of the oceans. They can be several tens of metres tall, and grow as minerals are deposited when the hot water meets the cold ocean water at the outlet of the hydrothermal vents. Some of the metal sulphides precipitate right by the outlet, which contributes deposits that expand the structures, while the rest turn into a black smoke that the water pressure pumps into the water. The temperature of the water inside the "chimneys" can be as high as 400 °C.
The origin of life?
Hydrothermal chimneys were first observed in 1979, two years after hot springs were discovered close to the Galapagos Islands. The researchers used the submersible vessel Alvin to make the surprising discovery that volcanic areas are home to biological communities that derive their energy from chemical energy and not from sunlight. They also discovered a range of new and unknown species by the thermal vents.
The chemotrophic bacteria that live in and around the hydrothermal vents are able to use chemical energy from the mineral-rich water. The process provides all the energy this unique ecosystem requires to live. The discovery also created an understanding that the origin of life on Earth was not necessarily dependent on photosynthesis and sunlight.
"The environmental impact has not yet been examined," says Pedersen. "The University of Bergen is a part of an international consortium that has applied for EU funding to examine the environmental impact. These special ecosystems mean it would only be appropriate to operate prospective mining operation in areas where the hydrothermal activity has ceased. However, industrial activities involve environmental consequences that have to be measured against the value of the activity."
Obstacles beneath the surface
The problem is that inactive fields are very hard to discover with existing technology, which means that only active black smokers are currently being explored. This poses enough substantial enough challenges in and of itself, including environmental issues, technology, and great depths. Many countries are active in securing rights to underwater mineral resources, even though the start of large-scale mining efforts remains years away.
"Many countries, such as China, Russia, Japan, France and India, are positioning themselves strategically to secure resource areas in international waters," says Søreide. "The politics of international oceans is full of intricate details, with a lot of the laws tied to the international laws of the sea."
Interested governments have recently created rules for prospecting in international waters. Countries that have ratified the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea are bound by these rules. The US is among the countries that have not ratified the Convention.
Future Norwegian industry?
Norway is in special situation in regards to deep-water mining.
"Norway is unique in that these resources are within the Norwegian economic zone," says Pedersen. "That means that underwater mining could be a future industry, when the technology is in place and if the environmental impacts are acceptable. The deposits have to be relatively big for the endeavour to be commercially profitable. There are big differences between the various estimates provided by researchers. We are trying to clarify the resource base, and need systematic studies regarding the deposits."
Η στιγμή που μητέρα με παιδιά στην αγκαλιά περνά τα σύνορα με τα Σκόπια (Video)
Εκατοντάδες πρόσφυγες κατάφεραν να περάσουν χθες τα ελληνισκοπιανά σύνορα, παρά το γεγονός ότι φυλάσσονται από επίλεκτες μονάδες της αστυνομίας της ΠΓΔΜ.
Ανάμεσά τους, μητέρες με μικρά παιδιά στην αγκαλιά, που ήρθαν αντιμέτωπες – όπως και οι υπόλοιποι πρόσφυγες και μετανάστες – με τα δακρυγόνα και τα κλομπς της αστυνομίας.
