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Pasig 'river warriors' rake tidal rubbish for cleaner future
Each morning, a group of Filipinos rakes up piles of trash on the banks of one of the world’s most polluted rivers, filling sacks in an endless pursuit to clean a waterway that is also a major source of ocean plastics. ...
- June 26, 2021
Little fluffy clouds may help save the Great Barrier Reef
To slow the speed at which high temperatures and warm waters bleach the corals of the Great Barrier Reef, Australian scientists are spraying droplets of ocean water into the sky to form clouds to protect the environmental ...
- September 29, 2021
PH protests Chinese ships in WPS
The Philippines has expressed concern that some 220 vessels, believed to be manned by Chinese maritime militia personnel, were spotted on March 7 in the disputed South China Sea, the latest example of tensions in the crucial ...
- March 22, 2021
US warns of impunity amid 'bullying' in South China Sea
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called out bullying in the South China Sea on Monday and warned the U.N. Security Council that a conflict "would have serious global consequences for security and for commerce," ...
- August 11, 2021
Suez Canal reopens to ship traffic
Shipping was on the move again late on Monday in Egypt’s Suez Canal after a giant container ship which had been blocking the busy waterway for almost a week was refloated, with more than 400 ships waiting to pass through. ...
- March 31, 2021
Dwindling harvest: South Korean's 'sea women' struggling with warmer waters
Clad in a black wet suit and pink face mask, Jin So-hee’s figure cleanly parts the green-blue water until she abruptly dives below the surface, her purple fins disappearing into the deep. When she resurfaces a minute and ...
- April 20, 2021
EU: China endangering peace in S. China Sea
The European Union called out China on Saturday for endangering peace in the South China Sea and urged all parties to abide by a 2016 tribunal ruling which rejected most of China’s claim to sovereignty in the sea, but which ...
- April 26, 2021
Endangered bamboo sharks given helping hand in Gulf of Thailand
In the Gulf of Thailand, fisheries researchers use a guideline to scuba dive to the ocean floor where they release baskets full of young bamboo sharks. The small, slow-moving, bottom-dwelling sharks with striped bodies and ...
- June 9, 2021
PH ramps up monitoring of Chinses vessels
The military has been sending aircraft and ships to monitor the almost 200 Chinese vessels anchored at Julian Felipe Reef in the West Philippine Sea, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said late Saturday. He also said more ...
- March 29, 2021
US to China: Attack on PH to trigger defense treaty
The United States on Monday reaffirmed its commitment to come to the Philippines’ defense, as it warned China anew that an attack on Philippine armed forces in the South China Sea would trigger the 1951 Mutual Defense ...
- July 13, 2021