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Tahiti pearls endangered by climate change
The black pearl of Tahiti is at the heart of French Polynesia’s economy but is now highly vulnerable to climate change, and its fragile existence underlines – in a small but exquisite way – what is at stake in the United ...
- November 26, 2015
Teen beats off shark attack
A 14-year-old New Zealand girl escaped serious injury in a shark attack by furiously beating the creature about the head with her body board until it let go, it was reported Tuesday. Lydia Ward said she was in waist-deep ...
- February 4, 2010
Thailand tries to tackle mass of ocean trash
Thai authorities are trying to clean up a massive, one-kilometer long tangle of trash, officials said Friday, calling it the largest garbage heap to float through the kingdom's waters. The mass of debris was estimated to ...
- February 16, 2017
Water at Japan's new Tsukiji fish market contaminated
Tokyo officials said Friday they had found levels of benzene 130 times above the recommended amount in groundwater at the new site for the country’s famed Tsukiji fish market. The high levels of contamination were detected ...
- April 7, 2018
Japan beachgoers warned over biting dolphin
Beachgoers in the Japanese region of Fukui have been warned to stay away from a displeased dolphin accused of biting swimmers, with officials urging visitors to “watch from afar”. Beach attendants at the seafront in the ...
- July 28, 2022
'They're everywhere': microplastics in oceans, air and human body.
From ocean depths to mountain peaks, humans have littered the planet with tiny shards of plastic. We have even absorbed these microplastics into our bodies — with uncertain implications. Images of plastic pollution have ...
- July 4, 2022
US backs UN call to save oceans
The United States (US) on Friday joined all 192 other United Nations (UN) member states in releasing a “Call to Action” to save the oceans but disassociated itself from joint efforts to combat climate change. The declaration ...
- June 11, 2017
Duterte appeals to China: ‘Right of innocent passage of vessels and aircraft must be respected’
President Duterte has urged China to “temper” its behavior in the South China Sea, saying the right of innocent passage of vessels and aircraft must be respected. The President issued the statement following reports that ...
- August 16, 2018
Esperon: China, Philippines in 'friendly' understanding on Scarborough
The Philippines and China have reached a "friendly" understanding allowing Filipinos to fish around a disputed shoal seized by Beijing in 2012, a senior aide to President Rodrigo Duterte said Monday. Duterte negotiated the ...
- November 1, 2016
Duterte open to South China Sea deals
President Duterte said Tuesday he was open to exploring the South China Sea’s natural resources with rival claimants China and Vietnam, after securing a “windfall” while in Beijing. Duterte also emphasized he had no immediate ...
- May 17, 2017