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Launches Unmanned Swarm for Scientific Research in Xiangyanghong 10 - China

A cross-domain robot takes off from the "Xiangyanghong 10" to conduct scientific research in the northern waters of the South China Sea, July 8, 2025. Chinese researchers successfully carried out scientific tests involving various types of drones, unmanned surface vessels, and autonomous underwater vehicles aboard the "Xiangyanghong 10" in the northern waters of the South China Sea in recent days. The "Innovative Integrated Intelligent Systems Expedition," led by the Advanced Institute for Ocean Research under Southern University of Science and Technology, in collaboration with multiple research institutes, high-tech companies, and science popularization organizations, conducted real-time assessments of the innovation, integration, and intelligence of these unmanned scientific exploration devices. Photo by Zhang Jiansong/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Launches Unmanned Swarm for Scientific Research in Xiangyanghong 10 - China

Chief scientist of the "Innovative Integrated Intelligent Systems Expedition" Lin Jian (C), also dean and chair professor of the Advanced Institute for Ocean Research at Southern University of Science and Technology, supervises operations of scientific research aboard the "Xiangyanghong 10" in the northern waters of the South China Sea, July 8, 2025. Chinese researchers successfully carried out scientific tests involving various types of drones, unmanned surface vessels, and autonomous underwater vehicles aboard the "Xiangyanghong 10" in the northern waters of the South China Sea in recent days. The "Innovative Integrated Intelligent Systems Expedition," led by the Advanced Institute for Ocean Research under Southern University of Science and Technology, in collaboration with multiple research institutes, high-tech companies, and science popularization organizations, conducted real-time assessments of the innovation, integration, and intelligence of these unmanned scientific exploration devices. Photo by Zhan

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Launches Unmanned Swarm for Scientific Research in Xiangyanghong 10 - China

The "Xiangyanghong 10" conducts "Unmanned Swarm" scientific research in the northern waters of the South China Sea, July 8, 2025. Chinese researchers successfully carried out scientific tests involving various types of drones, unmanned surface vessels, and autonomous underwater vehicles aboard the "Xiangyanghong 10" in the northern waters of the South China Sea in recent days. The "Innovative Integrated Intelligent Systems Expedition," led by the Advanced Institute for Ocean Research under Southern University of Science and Technology, in collaboration with multiple research institutes, high-tech companies, and science popularization organizations, conducted real-time assessments of the innovation, integration, and intelligence of these unmanned scientific exploration devices. Photo by Zhang Jiansong/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Launches Unmanned Swarm for Scientific Research in Xiangyanghong 10 - China

A thermal-imaging surveillance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) takes off from the "Xiangyanghong 10" to conduct scientific research in the northern waters of the South China Sea, July 8, 2025. Chinese researchers successfully carried out scientific tests involving various types of drones, unmanned surface vessels, and autonomous underwater vehicles aboard the "Xiangyanghong 10" in the northern waters of the South China Sea in recent days. The "Innovative Integrated Intelligent Systems Expedition," led by the Advanced Institute for Ocean Research under Southern University of Science and Technology, in collaboration with multiple research institutes, high-tech companies, and science popularization organizations, conducted real-time assessments of the innovation, integration, and intelligence of these unmanned scientific exploration devices. Photo by Zhang Jiansong/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Launches Unmanned Swarm for Scientific Research in Xiangyanghong 10 - China

The "Dolphin 3" surface rescue robot conducts test in the northern waters of the South China Sea, July 9, 2025. Chinese researchers successfully carried out scientific tests involving various types of drones, unmanned surface vessels, and autonomous underwater vehicles aboard the "Xiangyanghong 10" in the northern waters of the South China Sea in recent days. The "Innovative Integrated Intelligent Systems Expedition," led by the Advanced Institute for Ocean Research under Southern University of Science and Technology, in collaboration with multiple research institutes, high-tech companies, and science popularization organizations, conducted real-time assessments of the innovation, integration, and intelligence of these unmanned scientific exploration devices. Photo by Zhang Jiansong/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Launches Unmanned Swarm for Scientific Research in Xiangyanghong 10 - China

An unmanned survey vessel conducts scientific research in the northern waters of the South China Sea, July 9, 2025. Chinese researchers successfully carried out scientific tests involving various types of drones, unmanned surface vessels, and autonomous underwater vehicles aboard the "Xiangyanghong 10" in the northern waters of the South China Sea in recent days. The "Innovative Integrated Intelligent Systems Expedition," led by the Advanced Institute for Ocean Research under Southern University of Science and Technology, in collaboration with multiple research institutes, high-tech companies, and science popularization organizations, conducted real-time assessments of the innovation, integration, and intelligence of these unmanned scientific exploration devices. Photo by Zhang Jiansong/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Launches Unmanned Swarm for Scientific Research in Xiangyanghong 10 - China

An aeromagnetic fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flies over the "Xiangyanghong 10" to conduct scientific research in the northern waters of the South China Sea, July 9, 2025. Chinese researchers successfully carried out scientific tests involving various types of drones, unmanned surface vessels, and autonomous underwater vehicles aboard the "Xiangyanghong 10" in the northern waters of the South China Sea in recent days. The "Innovative Integrated Intelligent Systems Expedition," led by the Advanced Institute for Ocean Research under Southern University of Science and Technology, in collaboration with multiple research institutes, high-tech companies, and science popularization organizations, conducted real-time assessments of the innovation, integration, and intelligence of these unmanned scientific exploration devices. Photo by Zhang Jiansong/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Launches Unmanned Swarm for Scientific Research in Xiangyanghong 10 - China

Researchers hoist an autonomous underwater vehicle into the sea in the northern waters of the South China Sea, July 8, 2025. Chinese researchers successfully carried out scientific tests involving various types of drones, unmanned surface vessels, and autonomous underwater vehicles aboard the "Xiangyanghong 10" in the northern waters of the South China Sea in recent days. The "Innovative Integrated Intelligent Systems Expedition," led by the Advanced Institute for Ocean Research under Southern University of Science and Technology, in collaboration with multiple research institutes, high-tech companies, and science popularization organizations, conducted real-time assessments of the innovation, integration, and intelligence of these unmanned scientific exploration devices. Photo by Zhang Jiansong/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Launches Unmanned Swarm for Scientific Research in Xiangyanghong 10 - China

An intelligent seawater sampling unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) departs from the "Xiangyanghong 10" in the northern waters of the South China Sea, July 9, 2025. Chinese researchers successfully carried out scientific tests involving various types of drones, unmanned surface vessels, and autonomous underwater vehicles aboard the "Xiangyanghong 10" in the northern waters of the South China Sea in recent days. The "Innovative Integrated Intelligent Systems Expedition," led by the Advanced Institute for Ocean Research under Southern University of Science and Technology, in collaboration with multiple research institutes, high-tech companies, and science popularization organizations, conducted real-time assessments of the innovation, integration, and intelligence of these unmanned scientific exploration devices. Photo by Zhang Jiansong/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Australia: Record Flooding in NSW Leaves Barbershop Underwater

One man is dead and three people are missing after record flooding battered New South Wales’ Mid-North Coast and the Hunter Region, leaving many residents stranded or forced to evacuate. This video shows the inside of a barbershop in Taree, submerged in floodwater.

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Yuanwang 1 Space Merit Ship

SHANGHAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 7, 2024 - The Yuanwang 1 space merit ship is moored to visitors at the former site of Jiangnan Shipyard on the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China, September 7, 2024. As the first generation comprehensive space ocean survey ship independently developed and designed by 708 Research Institute under China State Shipbuilding Industry Corporation, it successfully completed 57 major national scientific research and test missions such as long-range launch vehicles, weather satellites and manned spacecraft, making great contributions to the country and the nation. After decommissioning in 2010, it was permanently parked at its birthplace as a memorial. Incarnate patriotic tourism scenic spot and popular science education base, enjoy the reputation of "sea science city".

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Yuanwang 1 Space Merit Ship

SHANGHAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 7, 2024 - The Yuanwang 1 space merit ship is moored to visitors at the former site of Jiangnan Shipyard on the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China, September 7, 2024. As the first generation comprehensive space ocean survey ship independently developed and designed by 708 Research Institute under China State Shipbuilding Industry Corporation, it successfully completed 57 major national scientific research and test missions such as long-range launch vehicles, weather satellites and manned spacecraft, making great contributions to the country and the nation. After decommissioning in 2010, it was permanently parked at its birthplace as a memorial. Incarnate patriotic tourism scenic spot and popular science education base, enjoy the reputation of "sea science city".

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Yuanwang 1 Space Merit Ship

SHANGHAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 7, 2024 - The Yuanwang 1 space merit ship is moored to visitors at the former site of Jiangnan Shipyard on the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China, September 7, 2024. As the first generation comprehensive space ocean survey ship independently developed and designed by 708 Research Institute under China State Shipbuilding Industry Corporation, it successfully completed 57 major national scientific research and test missions such as long-range launch vehicles, weather satellites and manned spacecraft, making great contributions to the country and the nation. After decommissioning in 2010, it was permanently parked at its birthplace as a memorial. Incarnate patriotic tourism scenic spot and popular science education base, enjoy the reputation of "sea science city".

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Yuanwang 1 Space Merit Ship

SHANGHAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 7, 2024 - The Yuanwang 1 space merit ship is moored to visitors at the former site of Jiangnan Shipyard on the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China, September 7, 2024. As the first generation comprehensive space ocean survey ship independently developed and designed by 708 Research Institute under China State Shipbuilding Industry Corporation, it successfully completed 57 major national scientific research and test missions such as long-range launch vehicles, weather satellites and manned spacecraft, making great contributions to the country and the nation. After decommissioning in 2010, it was permanently parked at its birthplace as a memorial. Incarnate patriotic tourism scenic spot and popular science education base, enjoy the reputation of "sea science city".

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Yuanwang 1 Space Merit Ship

SHANGHAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 7, 2024 - The Yuanwang 1 space merit ship is moored to visitors at the former site of Jiangnan Shipyard on the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China, September 7, 2024. As the first generation comprehensive space ocean survey ship independently developed and designed by 708 Research Institute under China State Shipbuilding Industry Corporation, it successfully completed 57 major national scientific research and test missions such as long-range launch vehicles, weather satellites and manned spacecraft, making great contributions to the country and the nation. After decommissioning in 2010, it was permanently parked at its birthplace as a memorial. Incarnate patriotic tourism scenic spot and popular science education base, enjoy the reputation of "sea science city".

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Yuanwang 1 Space Merit Ship

SHANGHAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 7, 2024 - The Yuanwang 1 space merit ship is moored to visitors at the former site of Jiangnan Shipyard on the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China, September 7, 2024. As the first generation comprehensive space ocean survey ship independently developed and designed by 708 Research Institute under China State Shipbuilding Industry Corporation, it successfully completed 57 major national scientific research and test missions such as long-range launch vehicles, weather satellites and manned spacecraft, making great contributions to the country and the nation. After decommissioning in 2010, it was permanently parked at its birthplace as a memorial. Incarnate patriotic tourism scenic spot and popular science education base, enjoy the reputation of "sea science city".

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Yuanwang 1 Space Merit Ship

SHANGHAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 7, 2024 - The Yuanwang 1 space merit ship is moored to visitors at the former site of Jiangnan Shipyard on the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China, September 7, 2024. As the first generation comprehensive space ocean survey ship independently developed and designed by 708 Research Institute under China State Shipbuilding Industry Corporation, it successfully completed 57 major national scientific research and test missions such as long-range launch vehicles, weather satellites and manned spacecraft, making great contributions to the country and the nation. After decommissioning in 2010, it was permanently parked at its birthplace as a memorial. Incarnate patriotic tourism scenic spot and popular science education base, enjoy the reputation of "sea science city".

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Yuanwang 1 Space Merit Ship

SHANGHAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 7, 2024 - The Yuanwang 1 space merit ship is moored to visitors at the former site of Jiangnan Shipyard on the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China, September 7, 2024. As the first generation comprehensive space ocean survey ship independently developed and designed by 708 Research Institute under China State Shipbuilding Industry Corporation, it successfully completed 57 major national scientific research and test missions such as long-range launch vehicles, weather satellites and manned spacecraft, making great contributions to the country and the nation. After decommissioning in 2010, it was permanently parked at its birthplace as a memorial. Incarnate patriotic tourism scenic spot and popular science education base, enjoy the reputation of "sea science city".

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Yuanwang 1 Space Merit Ship

SHANGHAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 7, 2024 - The Yuanwang 1 space merit ship is moored to visitors at the former site of Jiangnan Shipyard on the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China, September 7, 2024. As the first generation comprehensive space ocean survey ship independently developed and designed by 708 Research Institute under China State Shipbuilding Industry Corporation, it successfully completed 57 major national scientific research and test missions such as long-range launch vehicles, weather satellites and manned spacecraft, making great contributions to the country and the nation. After decommissioning in 2010, it was permanently parked at its birthplace as a memorial. Incarnate patriotic tourism scenic spot and popular science education base, enjoy the reputation of "sea science city".

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Yuanwang 1 Space Merit Ship

SHANGHAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 7, 2024 - The Yuanwang 1 space merit ship is moored to visitors at the former site of Jiangnan Shipyard on the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China, September 7, 2024. As the first generation comprehensive space ocean survey ship independently developed and designed by 708 Research Institute under China State Shipbuilding Industry Corporation, it successfully completed 57 major national scientific research and test missions such as long-range launch vehicles, weather satellites and manned spacecraft, making great contributions to the country and the nation. After decommissioning in 2010, it was permanently parked at its birthplace as a memorial. Incarnate patriotic tourism scenic spot and popular science education base, enjoy the reputation of "sea science city".

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10 spotted seals released into ocean off NE China's Dalian

STORY: 10 spotted seals released into ocean off NE China's Dalian SHOOTING TIME: April 16, 2024 DATELINE: April 20, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:26 LOCATION: DALIAN, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of 10 spotted seals being released into the waters off China's coastal city of Dalian 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHANG SHENGJIU, Vice general manager of Dalian Sun Asia Tourism Holding Co., Ltd. 3. various of 10 spotted seals being released into the waters off China's coastal city of Dalian 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LU ZHICHUANG, Vice president of Liaoning Ocean and Fisheries Science Research Institute STORYLINE: Ten spotted seals were released into the waters off the coastal city of Dalian in northeast China's Liaoning Province on Tuesday. Some of these seals had been rescued by the Liaoning Ocean and Fisheries Science Research Institute, while the others were artificially bred pups. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHANG SHENGJIU, Vice general manager of Dalian Sun Asia Tourism Holding Co., Ltd. "These spotted se

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240417) -- BEIJING, April 17, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A released spotted seal swims in the waters off Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, April 16, 2024. Ten spotted seals were released into the waters off the coastal city of Dalian. Some of the seals had been rescued by the Liaoning Ocean and Fisheries Science Research Institute, while the others were artificially bred pups. Having received professional wilderness training, the seals are now able to prey on live fish independently and adapt to the wild. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)

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CHINA-LIAONING-DALIAN-SEAL-RELEASE (CN)

(240416) -- DALIAN, April 16, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A released spotted seal swims in the waters off Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, April 16, 2024. Ten spotted seals were released into the waters off the coastal city of Dalian. Some of the seals had been rescued by the Liaoning Ocean and Fisheries Science Research Institute, while the others were artificially bred pups. Having received professional wilderness training, the seals are now able to prey on live fish independently and adapt to the wild. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)

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CHINA-LIAONING-DALIAN-SEAL-RELEASE (CN)

(240416) -- DALIAN, April 16, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A released spotted seal swims in the waters off Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, April 16, 2024. Ten spotted seals were released into the waters off the coastal city of Dalian. Some of the seals had been rescued by the Liaoning Ocean and Fisheries Science Research Institute, while the others were artificially bred pups. Having received professional wilderness training, the seals are now able to prey on live fish independently and adapt to the wild. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)

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CHINA-LIAONING-DALIAN-SEAL-RELEASE (CN)

(240416) -- DALIAN, April 16, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A spotted seal is pictured during a releasing event in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, April 16, 2024. Ten spotted seals were released into the waters off the coastal city of Dalian. Some of the seals had been rescued by the Liaoning Ocean and Fisheries Science Research Institute, while the others were artificially bred pups. Having received professional wilderness training, the seals are now able to prey on live fish independently and adapt to the wild. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)

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CHINA-LIAONING-DALIAN-SEAL-RELEASE (CN)

(240416) -- DALIAN, April 16, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A released spotted seal swims in the waters off Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, April 16, 2024. Ten spotted seals were released into the waters off the coastal city of Dalian. Some of the seals had been rescued by the Liaoning Ocean and Fisheries Science Research Institute, while the others were artificially bred pups. Having received professional wilderness training, the seals are now able to prey on live fish independently and adapt to the wild. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)

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CHINA-LIAONING-DALIAN-SEAL-RELEASE (CN)

(240416) -- DALIAN, April 16, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Released spotted seals swim in the waters off Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, April 16, 2024. Ten spotted seals were released into the waters off the coastal city of Dalian. Some of the seals had been rescued by the Liaoning Ocean and Fisheries Science Research Institute, while the others were artificially bred pups. Having received professional wilderness training, the seals are now able to prey on live fish independently and adapt to the wild. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)

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CHINA-LIAONING-DALIAN-SEAL-RELEASE (CN)

(240416) -- DALIAN, April 16, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A released spotted seal swims in the waters off Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, April 16, 2024. Ten spotted seals were released into the waters off the coastal city of Dalian. Some of the seals had been rescued by the Liaoning Ocean and Fisheries Science Research Institute, while the others were artificially bred pups. Having received professional wilderness training, the seals are now able to prey on live fish independently and adapt to the wild. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)

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CHINA-LIAONING-DALIAN-SEAL-RELEASE (CN)

(240416) -- DALIAN, April 16, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A spotted seal is released into the waters off Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, April 16, 2024. Ten spotted seals were released into the waters off the coastal city of Dalian. Some of the seals had been rescued by the Liaoning Ocean and Fisheries Science Research Institute, while the others were artificially bred pups. Having received professional wilderness training, the seals are now able to prey on live fish independently and adapt to the wild. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)

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Weather panel sees August climate as abnormal

TOKYO, Japan - Masahide Kimoto, professor at the University of Tokyo's Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute and head of a meteorological analysis panel at the Japan Meteorological Agency, meets reporters in Tokyo on Sept. 3, 2014, following the panel's conclusion that Japan's weather conditions in August were abnormal.

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Sea Shepherd founder Watson in court

SEATTLE, United States - Paul Watson, founder of the anti-whaling Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, appears in a Seattle court on Nov. 6, 2013, in a case brought by Japan's Institute of Cetacean Research to prevent Sea Shepherd from obstructing its whaling activities in the Antarctic Ocean. Canadian Watson jumped bail in Germany, where he was arrested in May 2012 on suspicion of endangering the crew of a Costa Rican fishing vessel. (Pool photo)

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Eel eggs in Pacific

TOKYO, Japan - Katsumi Tsukamoto, professor at the University of Tokyo Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, shows some of the 150 eel eggs collected in June 2011 from the Pacific off the Mariana Islands as a joint research team announced the finding in Tokyo on July 10, 2011.

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Japanese research whaling fleet leaves for Antarctic Ocean

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - The Nisshin Maru, the mother ship of Japan's six-vessel whaling fleet, leaves Shimonoseki Port, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on Nov. 18 on an expedition to the Antarctic Ocean that operators say is intended to undertake research on whales. It is the 21st whaling expedition carried out by the Institute of Cetacean Research, which began research whaling in 1987.

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Japan's whaling ships leave for Antarctic

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Nissinmaru, the mother ship of the Japanese whaling fleet, departs from Shimonoseki Port in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 6 on a six-month research expedition in the Antarctic Ocean where its crew is expected to catch some 400 minke whales. The fleet of five vessels belonging to the government's Institute of Cetacean Research will gather data such as the age of caught whales and the number and location of whales found by visual observation.

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Xi's visit encourages marine scientists

STORY: Xi's visit encourages marine scientists DATELINE: April 11, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:30 LOCATION: SANYA, China CATEGORY: SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. Chinese President Xi Jinping visiting a research institute of the Ocean University of China 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHAO WEI, Professor, Sanya Oceanographic Institution, Ocean University of China 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): GUAN SHOUDE, Associate Professor, Sanya Oceanographic Institution, Ocean University of China 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): ZHAO WEI, Professor, Sanya Oceanographic Institution, Ocean University of China 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): CHEN SHUGUO, Associate Professor, Sanya Oceanographic Institution, Ocean University of China STORYLINE: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday visited a research institute of the Ocean University of China in Hainan to learn about the development of marine science and technology. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHAO WEI, Professor, Sanya Oceanographic Institution, Ocean University of China "When General Secretary Xi Jinping

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CHINA-HAINAN-SANYA-XI JINPING-INSPECTION (CN)

(220411) -- SANYA, April 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, visits a research institute of the Ocean University of China to learn about the development of marine science and technology in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, April 10, 2022. Xi on Sunday inspected the city of Sanya, south China's Hainan Province. (Xinhua/Yan Yan)

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Japan's whaling ships leave for Antarctic

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Nissinmaru, the mother ship of the Japanese whaling fleet, departs from Shimonoseki Port in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 6 on a six-month research expedition in the Antarctic Ocean where its crew is expected to catch some 400 minke whales. The fleet of five vessels belonging to the government's Institute of Cetacean Research will gather data such as the age of caught whales and the number and location of whales found by visual observation.

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Japanese research whaling fleet leaves for Antarctic Ocean

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - The Nisshin Maru, the mother ship of Japan's six-vessel whaling fleet, leaves Shimonoseki Port, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on Nov. 18 on an expedition to the Antarctic Ocean that operators say is intended to undertake research on whales. It is the 21st whaling expedition carried out by the Institute of Cetacean Research, which began research whaling in 1987. (Kyodo)

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Man in news: Researcher eyes steady Japanese spiny lobster catch

Hirokazu Matsuda, principal researcher at the Mie Prefecture Fisheries Research Institute, holds a Japanese spiny lobster on Oct. 14, 2015, in Shima, Mie Prefecture, western Japan. Matsuda became the first in Japan to succeed in releasing young spiny lobsters raised from artificially incubated eggs into the ocean on a trial basis. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Eel eggs in Pacific

TOKYO, Japan - Katsumi Tsukamoto, professor at the University of Tokyo Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, shows some of the 150 eel eggs collected in June 2011 from the Pacific off the Mariana Islands as a joint research team announced the finding in Tokyo on July 10, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Weather panel sees August climate as abnormal

TOKYO, Japan - Masahide Kimoto, professor at the University of Tokyo's Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute and head of a meteorological analysis panel at the Japan Meteorological Agency, meets reporters in Tokyo on Sept. 3, 2014, following the panel's conclusion that Japan's weather conditions in August were abnormal. (Kyodo)