Lake Natron is a soda lake in northern Tanzania with a volcanic geology that maintains the water's pH around 10.5, which is almost as caustic as ammonia. Some life-forms thrive there nevertheless.

At the mouth of the South China Sea behind Hong Kong, the Pearl River meets the ocean, pouring fresh water into the salty waves. The Pearl River Basin extends across southern China with smaller ...

In a river in southern China, a small fish with a red belly swims between the boulders. Chen, Jia-Bo, Ying-Tao Li, Jia-Jun Zhou, Cheng Li, Guo-Xi Weng, Hung-Du Lin, and Jun-Jie Wang (2024 ...