Environment
Recent Rainfalls Do Little To Relieve Drought in Southern Taiwan
Since late 2022, southern Taiwan has been facing water shortages due to the lack of typhoons and heavy rain.
Dispatches from The Outlaw Ocean Episode 5: Raiders of the Deep
Who gets to decide what happens on the floor of the oceans?
Dispatches from The Outlaw Ocean Episode 4: The Magic Pipe
What is the dark art of a Magic Pipe?
Dispatches from The Outlaw Ocean Episode 3: Dreamers of a Floating World
Does the tiny floating nation of Sealand actually exist?
Dispatches from The Outlaw Ocean Episode 2: Bondage at Sea
A global scourge, sea slavery is something most people do not realize exists. Why does it persist?
Dispatches from The Outlaw Ocean Episode 1: Where Killers Go Free
A 10-minute slow-motion slaughter captured on a cellphone shows men floating in the ocean, shot and killed. Who did it and why is no government willing to investigate?
To Reimagine the Realm: The Purpose of ‘Dispatches From the Outlaw Ocean’
Half of the world’s population now lives within a hundred miles of the sea, but most people conceive of this space as a liquid desert that we occasionally fly over, a canvas of lighter and darker blues.