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Beaten and robbed: Vietnamese fisherman recounts China attacks
Oct 05, 2022 (AFP)
One summer day in 2020, while sailing through the Paracel Islands -- resource-rich waters in the South China Sea claimed by both Hanoi and Beijing -- his boat w...
Filipinos fishing on frontline of China's battle for disputed sea
Oct 05, 2022 (AFP)
That was in 2012, around the time China snatched control of the small ring of reefs from the Philippines, and he has not dared go back. "Their ships are made of...
Biden ramps up aid in Pacific Islands summit as China clout grows
Sep 30, 2022 (AFP)
Addressing leaders of South Pacific states including 12 heads of state or government, Biden said Thursday he wanted to show an "enduring commitment." "The secur...
US announces $810 mn in new funding for Pacific Islands at summit
Sep 29, 2022 (AFP)
The White House said $600 million will be in the form of a 10-year package to clean up and develop dirty waters to support the tuna industry, while the United S...
US rolls out red carpet to Pacific Islands amid China inroads
Sep 28, 2022 (AFP)
In a first-of-a-kind summit in Washington, the United States promised greater aid and diplomatic engagement on issues from maritime security to pandemic recover...
US hosts Pacific island nations in 'unprecedented' summit
Sep 28, 2022 (AFP)
Officials say leaders from across the ocean's remote but strategic archipelagos will attend, as well as representatives from two French territories and the US t...
Islanders to sue Dutch government over rising seas
Sep 28, 2022 (AFP)
Greenpeace and residents of the tiny Dutch territory are set to file the case in The Hague district court later this year following a study that highlights the ...
MIT engineers build a battery-free, wireless underwater camera
Sep 27, 2022 (SPX)
The high cost of powering an underwater camera for a long time, by tethering it to a research vessel or sending a ship to recharge its batteries, is a steep cha...
An ocean inside the Earth? Water hundreds of kilometers down
Sep 27, 2022 (SPX)
"These mineral transformations greatly hinder the movements of rock in the mantle," explains Prof. Frank Brenker from the Institute for Geosciences at Goethe Un...
Solomons leader claims neutrality to UN but defends China ties
Sep 23, 2022 (AFP)
The sprawling archipelago switched diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing in 2019 and signed a security pact with Beijing in April, with some critics war...
Ocean scientists measure sediment plume stirred up by deep-sea-mining vehicle
Sep 22, 2022 (SPX)
Now MIT ocean scientists have shed some light on the topic, with a new study on the cloud of sediment that a collector vehicle would stir up as it picks up nodu...
Plentiful water offers relief in Vienna
Sep 21, 2022 (AFP)
A rarety in the EU, the two million inhabitants of Vienna get their tap water from dozens of springs -- the main one some 655 metres (2,150 feet) above sea leve...
As tiny Tuvalu sinks, PM fights to save the archipelago's identity
Sep 21, 2022 (AFP)
Today, however, two of those atolls are on the verge of being swallowed by rising sea levels as a result of the global climate crisis that has already done irre...
Spain grants personhood status to threatened lagoon
Sep 21, 2022 (AFP)
The initiative to grant the status to the Mar Menor -- one of Europe's largest saltwater lagoons -- was debated in parliament after campaigners collected over 5...
Pacific atoll nations launch global plan to preserve heritage
Sep 21, 2022 (AFP)
The Rising Nations Initiative was announced at an event on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly by Tuvalu Prime Minister Kausea Natano and President David K...
Millions of farmers replumb the world's largest delta
Sep 16, 2022 (SPX)
Published in Science, the study explores the combined impact of 16 million smallholder farmers pumping shallow groundwater during the dry season to irrigate ric...
More Australia floods 'very real possibility' as third straight La Nina declared
Sep 13, 2022 (AFP)
The Bureau of Meteorology said La Nina, which brings intense downpours to Australia's heavily populated east coast, would probably peak in spring with above-ave...
Is climate change disrupting maritime boundaries
Sep 12, 2022 (SPX)
But it may not be time to panic yet. A number of technologies and new approaches, coupled with expanded research into coral reef island behaviour, may help disp...
Homes 'swept away' after S.Africa mine dam burst
Sep 11, 2022 (AFP)
Television footage showed a river of mud and water flowing away from the mine and into a nearby residential area, covering roads and sweeping houses away, in Ja...
Homes 'swept away' in deadly S.Africa mine dam collapse
Sep 11, 2022 (AFP)
Television footage showed a river of mud and water flowing away from the disused diamond mine and into a nearby residential area. It covered roads and swept hou...
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