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Tag: Climate Change
Experts fear Germany’s deadly floods are a glimpse into climate future
Climate change is making extreme rainfall more common, scientists say. Germany and Belgium, as well as parts of the Netherlands … More
IN FOCUS: Changing weather patterns a bane for Malaysia’s fishery sector
Climate change has thrown monsoon, wind and wave patterns into disarray, affecting the fishermen’s operating costs and potential of pulling … More
India’s desert salt farmers feel the heat from climate change
NEW DELHI : Roshni Thakor left school to harvest salt from a sun-baked Indian desert, a backbreaking trade practised by … More
‘Nothing about the Mekong is normal now’: Anger along Southeast Asia’s great river as water levels become unpredictable
NAKHON PHANOM, Thailand : From a distance, it is hard to make sense of the small patches of green emerging … More
Australia’s Mid-North Coast seeing ‘one-in-100-year’ floods
SYDNEY (AFP) : Torrential rain lashed Australia’s south-east again on Monday (March 22), worsening once-in-a-century flooding in the Mid-North Coast … More
This city in Java could disappear in 15 years, due to land subsidence and coastal flooding
PEKALONGAN, Central Java: It has been months since Mdm Casmonah had a good night sleep with waves coming in from … More
We are already quite sick
To be regionally or globally known as the “sick man” is humiliating and psychologically damaging. COMMENT | Last month, a … More
Sabah sea gypsies grapple with dwindling fish catch, sinking villages as climate change threatens way of life
KOTA KINABALU : As the sun began to set, fisherman Lan Tumpat docked his rickety wooden boat. The 30-year-old then hoisted … More
Check Out The First Vertical Forests In China And How They Produce More Than 130 Pounds Of Oxygen Daily
We all know a thing or two about climate change, how it affects us and how we can start working … More
Omanis revive memory of village swallowed by desert
Deserts are expanding all over the world, pushed on by climate change Wadi Al-Murr is cut off from main roads … More
Rising Sea Levels In Southeast Asia
A report by McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) evaluated economic projections against climate models and found a high magnitude of physical … More
Cyclone Nivar slams into southern India, causing 5 deaths
CHENNAI, India: A severe cyclone slammed into India’s southern coast early on Thursday (Nov 26), killing at least five people … More
After the flood: The Philippines begins rebuilding after deadly typhoons
SINGAPORE : In a matter of hours, swathes of the main Philippine island of Luzon were flooded by record rains from … More
Donors pledge $1.7 billion for Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger
UNITED NATIONS (AP) : More than 20 donors pledged nearly $1 billion for the three countries at the epicenter of … More
10,000 evacuated in Cambodia due to flooding; rice crop hit
PHNOM PENH: More than 10,000 people have been evacuated in Cambodia after a tropical storm triggered flash floods, an official … More
Floods, rough seas kill 18 in Vietnam as fresh storm on the way
HANOI: At least 18 people died and more than a dozen are missing after floods submerged homes in central Vietnam … More
‘Wood of the gods’ faces wipeout in northern Thailand as climate change cripples plantations
SAKON NAKHON, Thailand: At this time of year, the land across Thailand’s upper northeast is awash with green. The annual … More
‘When is the next flood?’: Bangkok’s canal communities fear they are living on borrowed time
BANGKOK: Bang Prathun is like a miniature water world. A spiderweb of canals splays out through a rare green landscape … More
World’s richest urged to do more to keep millions from starving
World Food Programme chief warns famine possible in up to three dozen countries, decries situation in Yemen and DRC. A … More
The Last Farewell to the Mighty Mekong
The shrinking Tonle Sap, the river’s “beating heart,” is the latest wake-up call of the damage wrought by dams. The … More
Is the hydrogen tech ‘revolution’ hope or hype?
In his speech on the planned economic recovery, the prime minister Boris Johnson said hydrogen technology is an area where … More
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