After turning off the TV, I sit on the couch and stare into the wall for at least ten minutes. It is the end of the documentary Seaspiracy that has silenced me, unsure how to grasp what I just saw.…
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Despite its name, the Caspian Sea is often referred to as the world’s largest lake. The Caspian Sea, however, is not a typical lake. For one, it is enormous (with a surface of 374 000 km², it outsizes Germany), and it has been referred to as a sea since antiquity.…
Read MoreBy Eric Axner-Norrman Have a look at a map of the world, and soon you will discover that the large landmasses that constitute our continents are surrounded by even larger bodies of water. Dry land is an exception rather than rule on our planet. All along stretches of coasts, shorelines…
Read MoreLast year in May, the British TV channel ITV News caught an unusual scene on Jersey Island, close to Normandy’s coasts in France. A clip shared on Twitter showed a member of the Jersey Militia reenactment group firing a musket in the direction of French fishing boats blocking the Island.…
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