West Philippine Sea is also a rich source of fisheries production, with over 300,000 metric tons of fish harvested annually, according to data from the Philippine Statistics Authority. Why should the ...
As darkness extends southward across the Arctic, sea ice has advanced to much of the Russian shoreline, but growth has been particularly slow in the Barents and Kara Seas. In the Antarctic, with the ...
Why it's awesome: Northern sea robins are weird fish with big, spiny heads; bright-blue eyes; two giant wing fins; and six crab-like legs. It's these little legs that make sea robins so unusual.
Hainan, a palm-fringed island known as China’s Hawaii, sits in the warm tropical waters of the South China Sea east of Vietnam. It’s a popular tourist destination with soft-sand beaches ...
October 28, 2024 • Once one of the worlds largest inland lakes, Asia's Aral Sea has evaporated into desert, dried by Soviet era irrigation plans. One village in Kazakhstan sits on the shrinking shores ...
The Aral Sea has nearly disappeared over the last 60 years. Now, its source rivers are depleting. View the full project: https://apps.npr.org/aral-sea-shrinking-map ...
Yet, it’s a Sisyphean task, as the water is only 20–30 centimetres deep. Fishing boats often get stuck in the mud, forcing their crews to push them free. ‘It feels like the Caspian is heading for the ...