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Arctic Sea ice shrinks to second lowest on record
Warming in the Arctic shrank the ice covering the polar ocean this year to its second-lowest extent in four decades, scientists said Monday, yet another sign of how climate change is rapidly transforming the region. ...
- September 23, 2020
'Quinta' lashes Luzon; 13 fishermen missing
Typhoon “Quinta” lashed Luzon overnight, dumping heavy rains that caused flooding, toppling power lines, and whipping up giant waves that sank at least 30 boats off Batangas and Bataan provinces, disaster officials said ...
- October 27, 2020
38 Pinoys lost at sea
Thirty-eight Filipino seafarers remained missing in chilly waters off southwestern Japan a day after their cargo ship capsized on Wednesday as Typhoon “Maysak” smashed into the Korean peninsula. The Panamanian-flagged Gulf ...
- September 4, 2020
China ship rams Vietnam boat in South China Sea
Vietnam has lodged an official protest with China following the sinking of a Vietnamese fishing boat it said had been rammed by a Chinese maritime surveillance vessel near islands in the disputed South China Sea. The ...
- April 5, 2020
Washington says Beijing should stop 'bullying' in South China Sea
The United States called on China on Saturday to stop “bullying behavior” in the South China Sea and said it was concerned by reports of Beijing’s “provocative actions” aimed at offshore oil and gas developments in the ...
- April 20, 2020
Dwarf planet Ceres is 'Ocean World' with salt water deep underground
Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, is an “ocean world” with a big reservoir of salty water under its frigid surface, scientists said in findings that raise interest in this dwarf planet ...
- August 20, 2020
Duterte to China: Resolve sea row based on int'l law
President Rodrigo Duterte told a senior Chinese official that disputes in the South China Sea must be resolved in accordance with international law and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Unclos), Malacañang ...
- September 13, 2020
Indonesia to Japan: invest in disputed islands
Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo on Friday asked Japan to step up investment in fisheries and energy in some of its South China Sea islands following a stand-off with China in waters that China claims in the area. Widodo ...
- January 11, 2020
Dead dolphins wash up in France in record numbers
hundreds of dead dolphins have been washing up on France’s Atlantic coast in such high numbers that local populations of the mammals are at risk, marine biologists say. The majority drowned in the nets of fishing trawlers. ...
- June 27, 2020
Search for missing ship Pinoys suspended
The Japanese coast guard has temporarily suspended the search for more than 30 Filipino crew of the cargo ship that capsized in southwestern Japan on Wednesday as another typhoon barreled toward Japan’s Kagoshima prefecture, ...
- September 6, 2020