A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 has shaken Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean, according to the US Geological Survey. At least one person has died, according to the Australian public service channel ABC.
WorldIt is 300 times larger than any other coral reef on our planet. But how and when was the Great Barrier Reef formed? New measurement methods have now provided access to the answers – formed deep down on the ocean floor hundreds of thousands of years ago – and simultaneously reveal today's threats to the world's largest living organism.
WorldIt is 300 times larger than any other coral reef on our planet. But how and when was the Great Barrier Reef formed? New measurement methods have now provided access to the answers – formed deep down on the ocean floor hundreds of thousands of years ago – and simultaneously reveal today's threats to the world's largest living organism.
WorldIncrease is not usually something one associates with 74-year-olds. But it is precisely what awaits the world's oldest ring-marked bird, the Laysan albatross Wisdom, 74.
WorldNorwegian farmed salmon gets the green light in the World Wildlife Fund's (WWF) annual fish guide. Even Alaska pollock from the Bering Sea can be eaten with a clear environmental conscience. There are fish that are actually well-managed, says Inger Melander at WWF.
SwedenFive Chinese and six Russian military aircraft have passed close to South Korea without announcing themselves in advance, warns the South Korean military according to the news agency Yonhap.
WorldColombian authorities have, in a coordinated operation with 61 other countries, seized a total of 1,400 tons of narcotics. This includes several tons of cocaine that was being transported in so-called "narcotics submarines", reports The Guardian.
WorldObjects that the Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl took from Easter Island in the 1950s – including human remains – are to be returned. The circle is closed, says Laura Tarita Rapu Alarcón from the Pacific Island.
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