For migrant workers trapped onboard Chinese distant water fishing fleets, cutting the fins off sharks as they writhe violently on rusted decks in the Indian Ocean isn’t accidental. It’s an intentional and lucrative act that marks the start of a bloody half-a-billion-dollar offshore supply chain, tacitly supported by Beijing yet covertly concealed from port inspectors…
BERLIN (AP) — A barge carrying a humpback whale that had been stranded in shallow waters near Germany since March has begun its journey toward the North Sea. It reached Danish waters on Wednesday, German authorities said. Nicknamed Timmy by German media, the whale was spotted swimming near Germany’s Baltic Sea coast on March 3,…
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MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine forces transported food, fuel and new personnel to a territorial outpost in a long-disputed shoal i n the South China Sea, where Chinese government ships jammed communications during the hourslong supply mission as part of Beijing’s security practice in the far-flung atoll, two top officials in the Philippines said Tuesday….
The largest male great white shark to be tagged in the Atlantic has reemerged in waters off the coast of southern New Jersey, research group OCEARCH said. When the group tagged the nearly 14-foot-long predator, named Contender, in January, he was swimming near the Florida-Georgia border. He has traveled over 4,300 miles since then. Contender…
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Nantong, China – Power-hungry data centers run hot, so one Chinese company is planning to submerge a pod of servers in the sea off Shanghai with hopes of solving computing’s energy woes. On a wharf near the city, workers were finishing off the large yellow capsule — a foray into alternative tech infrastructure that faces…
HONG KONG — Tropical Storm Matmo edged closer to the Philippines on Thursday and was expected to intensify into a typhoon that could threaten southern China this weekend, just about a week after the region was battered by Ragasa, one of the strongest storms to hit Asia in years. Matmo, which had maximum sustained winds…
Multiple massive, rare jellyfish washed up on the Texas coast recently, surprising some beachgoers and feasting on a smaller jellyfish species. Jace Tunnell, the director of community engagement at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi’s Harte Research Institute, said on social media that he had seen more than 10 “pink meanie” jellyfish along the state’s Gulf coast….
SHENZHEN, China (AP) — Typhoon Ragasa, one of the strongest in years, whipped waves taller than lampposts onto Hong Kong promenades and turned seas rough on the southern Chinese coast on Wednesday after leaving deadly destruction in Taiwan and the Philippines. In Taiwan, 17 people died after floods submerged roads and carried away vehicles in…