In late 2023, the United States underwent a massive expansion in territory. Its boundaries grew by approximately one million square kilometres – an area about twice the size of California – all ...
During lower sea levels a vast archipelago formed on the Australian northwest continental shelf (top). A modern-day example of an archipelago on a submerged continental shelf is the Åland Islands near ...
The United States is not likely to accede to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) in the near term, or perhaps ever. However, this does not mean that the United States should ...