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Beaches reopen after fatal shark attack
Sydney reopened beaches to surfers and swimmers on Friday after failing to find a large, great white shark that devoured a swimmer in the Australian city's first such attack since 1963. A 35-year-old British diving instructor, ...
- February 19, 2022
Brazil resort town disappearing into the sea
Vultures roam the sand in the Brazilian resort town of Atafona amid the ruins of the latest houses destroyed by the sea, whose relentless rise has turned the local coastline into an apocalyptic landscape. The Atlantic Ocean ...
- February 16, 2022
Houses lost, industries collapse Atlantic Engulfs Brazil coastline
Vultures roam the sand in the Brazilian resort town of Atafona amid the ruins of the latest houses destroyed by the sea, whose relentless rise has turned the local coastline into an apocalyptic landscape. The Atlantic Ocean ...
- February 18, 2022
France bets on tech and transparency vs Chinese caviar
Saint-Fort-sur-Gironde, France—At the fish farm near Bordeaux, Christophe Baudoin is running an ultrasound device over the belly of a large sturgeon to check its eggs. “Caviar!” he shouts as the monitor shows the right ...
- December 13, 2022
PH tells China to withdraw over 100 vessels from Julian Felipe Reef
The Philippines has protested the return of over 100 Chinese vessels “illegally operating” in and around Julian Felipe Reef on April 4, barely a year after the same swarming incident took place. This was disclosed by the ...
- June 11, 2022
Global wildlife summit approves shark protections
Delegates at a global summit on trade in endangered species on Friday approved a plan to protect 54 more shark species, a move that could drastically reduce the lucrative and cruel shark fin trade. Members of the requiem ...
- November 27, 2022
Corals doomed even if global climate goals met - study
Coral reefs that anchor a quarter of marine wildlife and the livelihoods of more than half-a-billion people will most likely be wiped out even if global warming is capped within Paris climate goals, researchers said Tuesday. ...
- February 4, 2022
Rich nations oppose new biodiversity fund
Creating a new global fund for biodiversity - a core demand of developing countries at UN talks in Montreal --"would take years" and be less effective than reforming existing financial mechanism, Canada's environment ...
- December 16, 2022
'World's biggest' freshwater fish netted in Cambodia
A fisherman on the Mekong River in Cambodia has hooked the biggest freshwater fish ever recorded, scientists said — a 300-kilogram stingray. The giant freshwater stingray, which measured 4 meters (13 feet) from snout to ...
- June 22, 2022
7 dead as ferry catches fire near Quezon Port
Polillo Island residents Shirley Debelles, her husband Crisanto and their young grandchild were on their way to Real town in Quezon province on board the MV Mercraft 2 on Monday morning when disaster struck. The port of ...
- May 24, 2022