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  • Scientists Urge Caution On Underwater Mining

    Scientists Urge Caution On Underwater Mining

    For years the ‘bad ones’ have poisoned rivers, devastated forests and displaced communities, and now massive companies are rushing to dig up the seabed for precious metals. MIT: “The ocean’s deep-sea bed is scattered with ancient, potato-sized rocks called “polymetallic nodules” that contain nickel and cobalt — minerals that are in high demand for the…

  • Nature’s Power Is Unleashed: Bold New Season At Boca Raton Museum Of Art

    Nature’s Power Is Unleashed: Bold New Season At Boca Raton Museum Of Art

    The power of nature is unleashed with two timely, powerful exhibitions at the Boca Raton Museum of Art for the new season. Both of these original shows ─ Maren Hassinger: Tree of Knowledge and Clifford Ross: Waves ─ will kick off the museum’s 70th anniversary season (on view November 5th – March 1st).  The museum is presenting both exhibitions together because the two…