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Covid-19’s far-reaching effect on a turtle sanctuary
t may be at the apex of the Coral Triangle, but the Philippines isn't exactly on top of mind when it comes to global marine resource protection efforts. While it boasts thousands of different species of fish, coral, and other forms of marine life, it is also the world's third-worst plastic polluter after China and Indonesia. The environmental group Ocean Conservancy says the country is responsible for generating and adding as much as 2.7 million metric tonnes of plastic waste to the environment each year.
By Baru Ku3 years ago in Earth
How the world's deepest shipwreck was found
On 23 October 1944, the first engagements of a gigantic naval battle began in Leyte Gulf, part of the Philippine Sea. It was the biggest in modern human history.
By Holy horse3 years ago in Earth
Why the US military is listening to shrimp
Whale skeletons stand guard around the coastline of Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands, a stark reminder of the damaging effects of military sonar. Sonar from ships and submarines is thought to be one of the contributing factors to whale strandings, confusing the whales' own sonar and casuing them to beach themselves on the shore.
By Fra Tusha3 years ago in Earth
The missing continent that took 375 years to find
As we head towards the end of another extraordinary year, BBC Future is taking a look back at some of our favourite stories for our “Best of 2021” collection. Discover more of our picks here.
By Udley3 years ago in Earth
The strange 19th-Century sport that was cooler than football
The race began, rather unusually, at 1:00 on a Sunday morning. It was 21 September 1879, and 13 (mostly) moustachioed athletes in tight leggings and tiny shorts had gathered under the towering arches of the original Madison Square Garden in New York – along with 10,000 raucous spectators.
By Udley3 years ago in Earth
The mysterious disappearance of the world's longest shrubbery
n a second-hand bookstore in London, in late 1994, author Roy Moxham made a discovery that would consume the next three years of his life. Wedged in the footnotes of a colonial-era book published in 1893 that he had just purchased, was a fascinating, long-forgotten piece of Indian history.
By Baru Ku3 years ago in Earth
The strange race to track down a missing billion years
"FEARFUL DISASTER," read the headline on the front page of the Chicago Tribune on 3 July 1869. The paper was referring to an incident involving a motley team of explorers led by the one-armed, self-taught geologist John Wesley Powell. Their mission was simple, though not easy – to travel 1,000 miles (1,609km) downstream from the banks of the Green River in Wyoming, cataloguing their finds as they went.
By Fra Tusha3 years ago in Earth
Demystifying the 17-year cicada
In the United States, there is a magical cicada, they can hibernate underground for 17 years, the day they break the ground, is the United States' "disaster" time.
By Winstanley3 years ago in Earth
A new era of spaceflight?
Recently, it was reported that China's research and development project of "Megawatt-class ultra-small liquid metal-cooled space nuclear reactor power supply" has passed the comprehensive performance evaluation of the project organized by the Ministry of Science and Technology.
By Brenzee3 years ago in Earth
Australia's 10 extinct prehistoric giants
Australia is the only country in the world that has a continent all to itself with a wide variety of creatures. In Australia's prehistory, many fierce giants were born and roamed all over the land. In this issue, let's take a look at 10 prehistoric beasts in Australia and see how many you know.
By Gareth Geyer3 years ago in Earth
The world's top 10 most powerful cruise missiles ranked
The world's top ten most powerful cruise missiles ranked India's signature Brahms can only be at the bottom, the United States' legendary Tomahawk missile is not ranked in the top five, then the top three, and who are they?
By Salachi Mavish3 years ago in Earth
tale of the black bear
Thump-thump, thump-thump; thump-thump, thump-thump. The morning was crisp, and the black bear was enjoying a leisurely stroll— a promenade, if you please— through his house.
By Bex3 years ago in Earth