Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2022

The company through its subsidiaries holds exploration and commercial rights to three polymetallic nodule contract areas in the Clarion Clipperton Zone of the Pacific Ocean regulated by the International Seabed Authority and sponsored by the governments of Nauru, Kiribati and the Kingdom of Tonga. Deep sea mining remains controversial.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The company through its subsidiaries holds exploration and commercial rights to three polymetallic nodule contract areas in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone of the Pacific Ocean regulated by the International Seabed Authority and sponsored by the governments of Nauru, Kiribati and the Kingdom of Tonga.

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Innovation News Network

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The volcanic plume from the Tonga Volcano reached an altitude of 57km, smashing the previous record of 41km. The post Highest-ever volcanic plume captured by satellite imagery appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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Creative Greenius

AUGUST 17, 2009

The idyllic island kingdom of Tonga. My friend Elizabeth is from the South Pacific Island Kingdom of Tonga, an exotic locale long fixed in my memory with images of Polynesian paradise. Tonga has sadly been in the news lately after an inter-island ferry sank on August 5 drowning over 70 people. Mine too of course.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2022

The Metals Company through its subsidiaries holds exploration rights to three polymetallic nodule contract areas in the Clarion Clipperton Zone of the Pacific Ocean regulated by the International Seabed Authority and sponsored by the governments of Nauru, Kiribati and the Kingdom of Tonga.

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Creative Greenius

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

For months now I’ve tried to work with King George Topou V and the rest of the Royal Family of Tonga in an attempt to inform them about the risks their kingdom faces from climate change and to get them to act on behalf of their people. You needed a solar Tonga project like yesterday.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 6, 2022

Earlier this year, a volcanic eruption in Tonga severed the cable that served the island country, forcing rescue parties to rely on poor-quality satellite connections. But the risks of disruption are still heavier than for other continents, and the latest wave of cables doesn’t change that status quo.

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