<i>The unexpected growth spurt was not the result of strange geological forces, nor the invasion of a foreign land, but the States attempting to lay claim to its surrounding ocean-floor territory.</i><p>I would change the title to “US claims ocean-floor territory” or something similar.
This is about war with Russia. Look at where they claimed it.<p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_claims_in_the_Arctic" rel="nofollow">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_claims_in_the_Ar...</a><p><a href="https://warontherocks.com/2023/10/getting-sporty-in-russias-arctic/" rel="nofollow">https://warontherocks.com/2023/10/getting-sporty-in-russias-...</a>
> “If somebody came back and said, ‘Your science is bad,’ I think the United States would listen,” Treadwell told the media. “But I don’t think science is bad. I think we’ve had very good science.”<p>This is a very strange way to say nothing. Why is this guy talking to the media?
China will point out the irony (from their point if view) in the USA claiming more ocean while denying China the "right" to claim Taiwan, the Philippines, and many more nations.