BIZARRE: Mekong loc | Mind Blowing Facts

Irrawaddy Dolphins of Chilika Lake: India's Rarest Cetacean in Brackish Waters

A Dolphin That Defies Easy ClassificationRoughly 150 Irrawaddy dolphins live in Chilika Lake, making this the largest known population of the species in any single enclosed water body on earth. They are not the acrobatic, open-ocean dolphins of wildlife documentaries. Orcaella brevirostris, the Irrawaddy dolphin's scientific name, has a blunt,…

Times Life · Aug 14

Rising Mekong closely watched as rain persists

Weather forecasters are paying very close attention to the rising water level of the Mekong River, which increases the flood risk in northern provinces nearby.

Bangkok Post · Aug 13

Border mining poisoning rivers

As Myanmar's military junta leader Min Aung Hlaing arrives in Thailand this week, much of the media attention will focus on diplomacy and trade, without raising critical questions. Nevertheless, one crisis directly affecting the health and security of people across both nations requires immediate attention: transboundary river contamination from mining…

Bangkok Post · Aug 5

The mining challenge

Since 2024, villagers in Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai living along the Kok, Sai, Ruak and Mekong rivers have suffered water pollution caused by runoff from gold and earth mines in Shan State, northern Myanmar.

Bangkok Post · Jul 7

China must hear river warnings

As thousands of people take part in the Peace Walk for Rivers from May 31 to June 5, marching from Tha Ton Bridge in Chiang Mai to Mae Fah Luang Bridge in Chiang Rai to defend six transboundary rivers affected by unregulated mining in Myanmar, an unexpected statement appeared on…

Bangkok Post · Jun 4

The financial networks behind Mekong trade

As Thailand accelerates its ambitions to become a regional logistics, manufacturing and clean energy hub, a quieter transformation is unfolding beneath the surface of Southeast Asia’s financial system.

Bangkok Post · May 28

Photos show how toxic runoff from rare earth mines are risking Southeast Asia's rivers

A lone finger-length fish was a disappointing start to 75-year-old Sukjai Yana’s day. He recast his net from the bow of his long-tail fishing boat, slowly drifting towards the confluence of the Mekong and Kok rivers in northern Thailand.

The Independent UK · Apr 29

Rare earth mining is poisoning Mekong River tributaries, threatening 'the world's kitchen'

Toxic runoff from rare earth mines in Myanmar is contaminating rivers that flow into Thailand, threatening the Mekong River and its basin's fisheries and farmland

The Independent UK · Apr 29

This Mekong River cruise allowed me to discover another side to Vietnam and Cambodia

A week-long Viking cruise allows Kate Wickers to take in some of Southeast Asia’s most stunning backdrops, as well as to immerse herself in local life at traditional villages and cooperatives

The Independent UK · Apr 20

The world’s great fish migrations are collapsing – that’s a problem for millions of people

Hidden beneath the surface of the world’s rivers, some of Earth’s great animal movements unfold – migrations that rival, in sheer biomass, the famous mass movements of zebra and wildebeest across the Serengeti.

The Conversation · Mar 24