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A group climbs Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. Photo: Shutterstock
China travel

China’s thrill-seekers eye adventure tourism as social media lures them off-grid

A growing contingent of Chinese tourists seeks ‘shareable’ and ‘off-the-beaten-path experiences’, away from the hustle and bustle of urban sightseeing.

Japan

Japan warns of collision risks after Chinese fighter jet manoeuvres

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Japan

Japan spots Chinese navy’s show of force in west Pacific amid maritime row

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Tourism

Want a special way to mark World Oceans Day? Try these luxury experiences

Adventure awaits the outgoing traveller on these 5 luxury holiday ideas that showcase the best of ocean exploration.

A Zodiac takes tourists up close to a glacier on the Antarctic Peninsula, in the Southern Ocean. Photo: Shutterstock
Japan

China’s overtures a ‘pointed signal’ to stabilise ties with Japan: analysts

Beijing has recently removed controversial maritime buoys, eased a politically charged seafood import ban and appeared to temper its rhetoric.

Science

Genes whisper ancient tales of longest human migration out of Asia

DNA analysis helps researchers unlock mysteries of indigenous groups who crossed prehistoric land bridge to western hemisphere.

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Science

Could dinosaurs walk on massive glaciers? Oyster fossil offers clue

‘Reductions in Arctic and Antarctic ice are expected to continue, potentially leading to completely ice-free polar regions’: paper.

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Scientists found that 133 million years ago winter sea temperatures in the mid-latitudes of the southern hemisphere were 10-15 degrees colder than summer temperatures. Photo: AFP
Science

China’s new tech boosts sub hunt capabilities near Alaskan waters

Scientists develop highly accurate underwater acoustics technology for depth detection in challenging and strategically important Beaufort Sea.

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United States

Opinion | Trump’s Maga ambition may be more audacious than we think

Outrageous? Yes. But a United States of all Americas and including Greenland would be the first truly planetary North-South superpower.

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Climate change

Opinion | Asia is ground zero for the impact of global glacier loss

Other mountain ranges are losing their glaciers faster but Asia’s critically dependent economy and people put it on the front line.

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Illustration: Craig Stephens
Space

‘Blood Moon’ to bathe Earth with red light in total lunar eclipse

It is the first total lunar eclipse since 2022, but there will be another this September.

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The “Super Blood Moon” rises over the Cypriot capital Nicosia on May 26, 2021. Photo: AFP
Science

Ancient DNA helps reconstruct penguin history from the Stone Age to the present

Researchers conclude that Adélie penguins took over the Antarctic habits of seals when sea ice started to expand around 1,400 years ago.

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Environment

Iceberg twice the size of Greater London runs aground off Antarctica

A23a, the world’s biggest and oldest iceberg, is stuck near the island of South Georgia.

Tourism

How Antarctica travel is changing – from science expeditions to TikTok tourism

Glistening icebergs. Adorable penguins. Majestic fiords. Antarctica’s growing popularity with tourists is being fuelled by social media.

A boat carrying tourists off the coast of the Antarctic peninsula. Antarctica’s growing popularity with tourists is being fuelled by social media and is stoking concerns about the need to keep its environment pristine. Photo: Shutterstock
Science

China launches icebreaker to help forge path in research and Arctic influence

In announcing Tan Suo San Hao launch, state media says its Chinese engineers broke through foreign-controlled technological bottlenecks.

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China says its Tan Suo San Hao (Explorer Three) icebreaker is its first capable of scientific and archaeological research in deep and distant seas. Photo: CCTV

Video | China icebreaker drops off supplies

Chinese icebreaker drops off supplies in Antarctica after ship spends 2 months at sea

Science

China opens its first atmospheric monitoring station in Antarctica

Data from the station will ‘support the global response to climate change’, according to China Meteorological Administration.

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Australia

Penguin ‘Gus’ released at sea 20 days after waddling onto Australian beach

The bird – who soon loved seeing his reflection in a mirror – was found, very undernourished, on sand dunes 3,500km north of the Antarctic coast.

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A male emperor penguin dubbed Gus, shortly before being released back into the ocean off the coast of Western Australia. Photo: via AP
Australia

First emperor penguin known to reach Australia found on tourist beach

Adult male was found on a popular tourist beach in temperate southwest Australia – about 3,500km north of its Antarctic home’s icy waters.

Hong Kong society

Hong Kong college helps design device included in national Antarctic expedition

Hong Kong College of Technology collaborates with mainland automotive research institute to develop system for piece of equipment dubbed Xuexiao 2.

China’s coastguard

US coastguard eyes China, Russia in making Indo-Pacific a ‘top’ priority

Geostrategic importance and criticality to global trade cited amid ‘active’ cooperation this year between Beijing and Moscow in Arctic Ocean.

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A research ship passes a white rainbow in the ice-strewn East-Siberian Sea off the Arctic Ocean. Photo: Shutterstock
TV shows and streaming video

Discovery of explorer Shackleton’s ship Endurance in Nat Geo documentary

Film tells 2 remarkable stories, of how wreck was found 3km underwater in the Antarctic and Shackleton’s 1916 escape from the icebound ship.

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The wreck of Endurance, Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship, which until 2022 had not been seen since it was crushed by the ice and sank in the Weddell Sea in 1915. A new documentary recounts its discovery and Shackleton’s doomed expedition and escape to safety. Photo: Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust via PA Media/dpa
Science

China plans to send crewed submersible to bottom of Arctic seabed

The country announced a new exploration vessel as part of its growing presence in polar regions.

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Iceland

Police in Iceland call off search at ice cave collapse that killed 1 man, saying no one is missing

A group of 23 foreign tourists were on an organised tour of the glacier Breidamerkurjokull with a guide when the cave collapsed on Sunday.

Science

Chinese-led study finds uneven polar ice melt could cause global disruption

Ice sheets and sea ice are melting faster in Northern Hemisphere than Southern Hemisphere, which could trigger another climate event: paper.

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Scientists say the asynchronous melting of the polar ice caps - that is, they are melting at different times - could have a dramatic effect on the climate. Photo: AFP
Style Edit

Style Edit: How Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative champions marine protection

Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative supports Australian marine biologist Ben Fitzpatrick in his quest to keep Ningaloo Coast and Exmouth Gulf safe from development

The Ningaloo Reef ecosystem is listed as an Unesco World Heritage site. Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative supports Australian marine biologist Ben Fitzpatrick in his quest to keep Ningaloo Coast and Exmouth Gulf safe from development. Photos: Handout
US-China relations

Ice Pact: US, Canada and Finland sign shipbuilding deal in challenge to China

Trilateral agreement announced at the Nato summit will see collaboration on the building of polar icebreakers.

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Americas and the Caribbean

Exclusive | What is Milei’s China agenda? Argentina’s envoy on trade, space and Global South

Buenos Aires’ Beijing ambassador, Marcelo Suarez Salvia, says the two countries are navigating towards ‘promising horizon’ of opportunities.

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