Chinese scientists will begin testing the country’s self-developed underwater gliders and autonomous unmanned submersible in yet another maritime scientific expedition. The equipment — 12 gliders, one submersible, and a Raman spectrometer — was load… read more
Rescuers are searching for eight people missing after a fishing boat sank early Monday morning in the waters off east China’s Zhejiang Province, according to local maritime police. The boat, with 24 people onboard, sank around 2 a.m. at sea near the c… read more
Chinese science ship “Xiangyanghong 10” Sunday returned to China after a voyage to the southwest Indian Ocean that lasted more than 200 days. The ship docked at a port in Zhoushan, east China’s Zhejiang Province. The voyage was to explore the polymeta… read more
Severe rainfall in central China’s Hunan Province since June has affected over 12 million people and left 83 dead or missing, the provincial government said Sunday. Of the dead or missing, 28 were buried by landslides, 13 were washed away by flash flo… read more
China on Sunday completed a 60-day trial of mining gas hydrates, commonly known as combustible ice, in the South China Sea, marking breakthroughs in human’s search for alternative clean energy sources. Started from May 10, the mining operation in wate… read more