A driver who was trapped in his vehicle under a bridge in Indiana for six days was found by two fishermen. Mario Garcia and son-in-law Nivardo De La Torre were "passing the time" while waiting for their wives, police said. They eventually found Matthew Rheaume, 27, of Mishawaka, whose truck had crashed on Dec. 20. In the hospital, on...
Two baby seals were found entangled in a fishing net on a beach in South Africa, and rescuers filmed the moment they saved the two animals, which then became a hit on social networks, the BBC reports. Members of the public at West Coast National Park cut the nets, allowing the seals to return to the sea. Two...
South Korean coast guard ships and aircraft are searching for nine fishermen who went missing after their boat capsized off the country's southwest coast. After the accident, which happened last night near the island of Debici, three crew members were rescued by a commercial vessel, which was located nearby, the coast guard of the southwest...
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New research published in the journal Nature by the Dutch organization Ocean Cleanup found that five countries produce most of the plastic waste found in the North Pacific Ocean. According to a study led by oceanographer Laurent Lebreton, which analyzed the origin and composition of 6.000 samples of island garbage from the Pacific Ocean with a total weight of about 500 kilograms, …
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In the Chinese coastal city of Xiamen, fishermen won't be the only ones to have their mouths swabbed by authorities to test them for covid, as the fish they catch will now have to be tested too. While China is still pursuing its "zero-covid" policy, Xiamen city officials are looking for a way to...
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