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China's largest freshwater lake is drying up due to heatwaves

Many of China’s rivers have been hit by an intense heatwave. Now its biggest freshwater lake is shrinking. The Poyang Lake is vital for crops in several provinces which produce rice. But it is just a fraction of its normal size, and the worst may not be over. Al Jazeera’s @Priyanka Gupta reports. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish…

China’s largest freshwater lake facing earliest dry season on record

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Poyang Lake, China’s largest freshwater lake, is experiencing its earliest dry season on record. Floodwaters from the Yangtze River usually flow into Poyang during the summer, but the lake is currently 67 per cent smaller than its 10-year average, according to Chinese state media. The local communities’ drinking water supply has been severely affected. Support us:…

Mainland China launches largest military drill in the Taiwan Strait after Pelosi’s visit

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Mainland China launched unprecedented military drills near Taiwan the day after US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited the self-ruled island. The largest exercises ever staged by the People’s Liberation Army in the Taiwan Strait, began on schedule at midday on August 4, 2022, and included live-firing in waters to the north, south and east…

World's largest freshwater fish caught by Cambodian fisherman

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube A local fisherman in northeast Cambodia has caught the world’s largest freshwater fish, a 300kg (661lbs) female stingray. The colossal catch was found in the Mekong River, near Koh Preah in Stung Treng province. Nicknamed Boramy, or full moon, the stingray measures 3.96 metres (13ft) long. Biologists said the discovery is a “sign of hope” that…

Final stretch of railway completed on loop around China’s largest desert

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube The last stretch of track has gone into service to complete a 2,712km (1,685 miles) railway that loops around China’s largest desert, the Taklamakan. The latest section covering 825km (613 miles) went into operation in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on June 16, 2022, after three and a half years of construction. It connects Hotan city…

The Largest Falcon in the World | White Falcon, White Wolf (Part 1) | BBC Earth

Gyrfalcons are the largest and most powerful in the world, but despite their size, they can reach a staggering 200mph when diving in the air! Subscribe: http://bit.ly/BBCEarthSub #NaturalWorld #WhiteFalconWhiteWolf #BBCEarth Watch more: Planet Earth http://bit.ly/PlanetEarthPlaylist Blue Planet http://bit.ly/BluePlanetPlaylist Planet Earth II http://bit.ly/PlanetEarthIIPlaylist Planet Dinosaur https://bit.ly/PlanetDinosaurPlaylist Natural World: White Falcon, White Wolf This extraordinary film follows the intimate and surprising dramas of a pack of white…

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