Wang Yan

Wang Yan is editor and journalist at NewsChina Magazine, the English edition of China Weekly, covering environment issues.

The Poles

Arctic exploration: drifting with the ice

Fresh from the North Pole, scientist Lei Ruibo talks to Wang Yan about MOSAiC, history’s largest Arctic research expedition, and China’s contribution

Extractive industries

China’s deep-sea mining, a view from the top

Insights into progress and future plans from Liu Feng, secretary general of the China Ocean Mineral Resources Research and Development Association (COMRA)

Plastic pellets from ship wreck at beach near Abu Ghusun

Plastics

China is dredging for data on microplastics

Chinese scientists aim to provide policymakers with baseline data for effective plastic waste management

Wang Yan

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