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Environment 4 years ago

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In Venezuela, a village on stilts slowly succumbs to mud

Only about 10 families, out of 200 who once lived there, are still in their homes. The village once was buoyant and loud; now, it's dead quiet.

Environment 4 years ago

The world in a drop of water: DNA tool transforms nature tracking

In their search for pink river dolphins, researchers in the Peruvian Amazon scooped up river water sloshing with genetic material that they hoped could trace the elusive creatures.

Lifestyle 4 years ago

Greek winemakers delve depths of underwater aging

Winemakers in northern Greece are diving into the unknown by plunging hundreds of bottles of their wine into the depths of the local river.

Environment 4 years ago

South America's Parana river is drying up, baffling experts

South America's second longest river, the Parana, has dropped to its lowest level since the 1940s, leaving environmentalists and experts worried that climate change is to blame.

Lifestyle 4 years ago

Cambodia begins evicting floating homes amid protests

Cambodia's capital of Phnom Penh on Saturday began overseeing the dismantling of "floating home" communities on the banks of the Tonle Sap River over the objections of longtime residents who say they have nowhere else to go.

Environment 4 years ago

Scientists seek to protect Albanian river "jewel" from hydropower project

Scientists have been collecting data on the flora and fauna around Albania's Vjosa River as they try to stop the construction of hydropower plants.

Art & Culture 5 years ago

Tens of thousands of Hindu devotees take holy plunge in Ganges

Hindu ascetics known as Naga sadhus, many naked apart from a coating of ash and carrying swords or tridents, led the bathers at the Kumbh Mela, or pitcher festival, in the northern town of Haridwar.

City 5 years ago

Jakarta bans housing complexes along rivers

“We will evict [residents of] housing complexes that violate regulations and can cause flooding similar to what occurred in Ciganjur,” Jakarta Deputy Governor Ahmad Riza Patria said on Tuesday.

SE Asia 5 years ago

Fishermen without fish as Cambodia's river reversal runs late

Crucial water flows to the Tonle Sap, Southeast Asia's largest lake, have been delayed for a second consecutive year according to river experts, severely disrupting fishing and threatening the food supply of more than a million people.

National 5 years ago

Students in Maluku help each other cross dangerous river to get to school

The students are eighth-graders at East Seram 16 junior high School in Batuasa village, which is located 3 kilometers from their homes in Tobo village

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PREMIUM In Venezuela, a village on stilts slowly succumbs to mud

The world in a drop of water: DNA tool transforms nature tracking

Greek winemakers delve depths of underwater aging

South America's Parana river is drying up, baffling experts

Cambodia begins evicting floating homes amid protests

Scientists seek to protect Albanian river "jewel" from hydropower project

Tens of thousands of Hindu devotees take holy plunge in Ganges

Jakarta bans housing complexes along rivers

Fishermen without fish as Cambodia's river reversal runs late

Students in Maluku help each other cross dangerous river to get to school

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In Venezuela, a village on stilts slowly succumbs to mud