Enviroment

Insights 05/24/22, 00:22

A long-forgotten nature pocket was uncovered inside a mainland Chinese mountain on May 6. The sinkhole measured 306 meters (1004 feet) long, 150 meters (492 feet) wide, and 192 meters (630 feet) deep in Leye County, Guangxi Zhuang region. The cavity near Ping'e village astonishingly contained an ancient forest, home to ...

Enviroment 05/20/22, 09:26

Many provinces have experienced significant floods as a result of torrential rain, high winds, and thunderstorms. Severe rains hit Guangnan County in Yunnan Province, causing trees to topple and destroy electrical poles and guardrails on May 9, 2022. A resident in Liancheng Township, Guangnan, had to relocate because his floor was ...

Enviroment 05/20/22, 04:47

On May 18, an enormous amount of water flooded Hangzhou's Jinshahu Subway Station. Water poured down from the ceilings, leaving the ground under half a meter deep in water. The operation of 5 other stations was interrupted. The Hangzhou Daily reported that at 3:00 pm on the 18th, there was a ...

Enviroment 05/20/22, 03:10

Chinese automobile maker Guangqi Honda is facing public backlash over an extension plan for its factory in Guangzhou city, Guangdong province. Chinese media IFeng.com reported on May 17 that thousands of citizens believe the renewed facility will be too close to the residential area. They were worried that it would cause ...

California 04/27/22, 19:23

Construction has begun in California on what is being billed as the world's largest wildlife crossing for mountain lions and other wildlife trapped in the state's southern urban sprawl. On Friday, April 22, California officials, including Governor Gavin Newsom, held a ceremony to mark the start of construction of a bridge ...

California 03/30/22, 18:45

In a historically dry year, California Governor Gavin Newsom, on Monday, March 28, ordered the state's water regulatory agency to make it illegal to irrigate specific green spaces to save water resources. According to CBS News, by signing an executive order, Newsom urged the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) to ...

California 03/08/22, 22:19

America's West Coast recorded the severest dry spell in more than a millennium, raising concern among growers. Del Bosque Farms is reviewing its operations after California recorded its worst drought in 1,200 years. The agribusiness has enjoyed bumper melon and almond harvests for the past 25 years. However, revelations the Golden State ...

California 03/02/22, 04:18

America's West Coast recorded the severest dry spell in more than a millennium, a new study found. The 21st Century has brought California's worst drought in 1,200 years so far. This is the shocking conclusion researchers reached after comparing soil moisture and water reservoir levels from the past 21 years to ...

News 02/23/22, 03:45

According to a recent study conducted in the United Kingdom, high river pollution due to pharmaceuticals is a much greater danger to global health than previously assumed, The Guardian reported. The study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is the largest ever conducted. With 127 researchers ...

Enviroment 02/21/22, 02:03

The People's Bank of China on Friday, Feb. 18, warned in a statement that carbon-intensive sectors could be at high risks of default following increased emission costs. The warning came after the People's Bank of China wrapped up its first phase of climate stress testing on 23 major banks last year. ...

Insights 02/13/22, 17:47

According to an article published in Chinese media, "The Paper" on Feb. 10, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Guangdong will jointly build a "Great Canal of the Century" from Hangzhou to Guangzhou, with a total investment of about $50 billion. This Grand Canal will connect the Yangtze River and the Pearl River ...

News 01/05/22, 00:24

A little fish known as "tequila splitfin" or "zoogoneticus tequila" once swam in a river in western Mexico, but it vanished before the end of the 20th century. But now there is hope. Due to the introduction of invasive, exotic fish species and water pollution, the tequila fish (Zoogoneticus tequila), a ...

Enviroment 12/25/21, 05:39

A dinosaur embryo has been unearthed in Ganzhou, China, that scientists describe as one of the most perfectly preserved specimens of its kind ever found. The embryo, dubbed “Baby Yingliang,” is at least 66 million years old, BBC reported, citing the researchers. Baby Yingliang, which measures 10.6 inches (27cm) long from head ...

Enviroment 12/23/21, 12:58

Scientists believe alien life forms could thrive in Venus clouds, nourished by acid-neutralizing chemical processes. Researchers from Cardiff University, MIT, and Cambridge University believe the planet, 47.34 million kilometers from Earth, may have ammonia in its clouds. Ammonia is a colorless gas made up of nitrogen and hydrogen. While Venus is Earth's nearest ...

News 12/22/21, 12:49

Although it may sound quite unbelievable, auroras—or what we now call 'northern lights'—blazed near the equator 41,000 years ago due to magnetic fields' change. On Thursday, Dec. 16, experts at the American Geophysical Union's (AGU) annual online conference in New Orleans said that this geomagnetic disruption, known as the Laschamp event, ...

Enviroment 12/14/21, 15:56

Starting on Tuesday and continuing into Wednesday, Dec. 9, more than 50 earthquakes shook the ocean floor off the Oregon coast. However, scientists believe that this shaking swarm poses little danger to people or property on land. The U.S. Geological Survey estimates that 55 earthquakes have occurred as of midnight on Wednesday (Dec. ...