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Fohr: The German island obsessed with Manhattan
LONDON, UK, 26 February 2020 (BBC) - Blimey, this drink looked familiar. The setting was a maritime pub in the pretty village of Wyk on the island of Föhr, a gateway to the North Frisian Islands on Germany’s North Sea coast. |
Creatures at risk from deep sea mining in the Indian Ocean
LONDON, UK, 26 February 2020 (Guardian) - It takes an hour from the surface of the Indian Ocean, descending 3,000 metres in a submersible research pod, to reach the bizarre creatures that cluster around hydrothermal vents on the seabed. |
St Kilda centre to be built in phases on Isle of Lewis
LONDON, UK, 25 February 2020 (BBC) - A visitor centre dedicated to the remote St Kilda archipelago is to be built in phases. A Chiad Cheum is to be constructed at Uig on Lewis, about 41 miles (66km) east of the protected Unesco World Heritage site. |
Coronavirus, trawls take a toll on shrimp fishery in Indonesia
JAMBI, Indonesia, 25 February 2020 (Mongabay) - Agus, a shrimp fisherman, sits pensively outside his home in Jambi, a province in Indonesia’s Sumatra Island. He’s among thousands of fishermen who, for several weeks now, have had to stop working as an outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) grips China, the largest market for Indonesian shrimp exports. |
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