🌿 Environment 3d ago · Eung Sea

Mekong’s Irrawaddy dolphins find cautious hope amid a river in crisis

Mongabay
Conservation and environmental science news
View Channel →
Mekong’s Irrawaddy dolphins find cautious hope amid a river in crisis
Source ↗ 👁 0 💬 0
KAMPI, Cambodia — At nine in the morning, the sun beats down on the Mekong River as Heang Koeurn turns off the motor of his boat and bobs on the water. He has done this every morning for 11 years, and he still leans forward the same way when he waits: elbows on his knees, eyes scanning the water for a gray curve to break the surface. Finally, he spots what he’s looking for: Irrawaddy dolphins, the river’s sole cetaceans. Just meters away, a boat carries about half a dozen foreign tourists who sq

Comments (0)

Sign in to join the discussion

More Like This

Let’s Talk Climate
NYT > Climate and Environment · 5h ago
Tiny beach-dwelling crustaceans are big-time sand movers, shaping the California coast
Earth News - Earth Science News, Earth Science, Climate Change · 5h ago
Magma influx explains short-lived bulge at Tanzania's Ol Doinyo Lengai volcano
Earth News - Earth Science News, Earth Science, Climate Change · 11h ago
Bear-y good neighbors: humans and animals are learning to live together in an expanding LA
Environment | The Guardian · 12h ago
Satellites show Earth lost more than 12 trillion tons of ice from Greenland, Antarctica in 47 years
Earth News - Earth Science News, Earth Science, Climate Change · 12h ago
Former EPA officials: Trump is letting data centers make people sick
Grist · 13h ago