Massive wildfires sweep South Korea, torching area equal to 4,600 soccer fields
Four dead, hundreds evacuated as simultaneous wildfires ravage the country.
2024 Singapore weather breaks temperature and rainfall records
Overall, 2024 was the warmest year in Singapore, tying with 2019 and 2016, with the temperature hitting an annual mean of 28.4 deg C.
China’s great green march across the globe
China is the world’s top greenhouse gas polluter, yet, it is also the world’s top producer of clean energy and a major global investor.
Bhutanese climate activist cycles across Australia to warn of vanishing glaciers
Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk's advocacy focuses on the rapidly vanishing Himalayan glaciers, which supply fresh water to 240 million people in the region and another 1.65 billion…
Monsoon surge in Singapore: Businesses, sports activities, travellers hit by incessant rain
The monsoon surge, which began on March 19 and is expected to last till March 21, has seen warnings of flash floods and resulted in disruptions to many businesses and outdoor…
Smog returns: Bangkok ranked world’s 8th polluted city
Other Asian cities included in the top 10 are Kathmandu (1st), Delhi (2nd), Lahore (3rd), Hanoi (5th), Dhaka (6th), Dubai (7th), and Wuhan (9th).
Huge cost of climate change in Bhutan
As climate change affects Bhutan's mountainous landscape, entire communities are being forced to relocate.
Philippines ranks 3rd country in Asia for ‘unusual heat’
The study noted that 10 out of 51 countries in Asia recorded more than 30 days of temperatures reaching CSI level 2 or higher. Brunei Darussalam ranked first with 83 days, while…
Storm warnings likely in place until May, say Cambodian authorities
The National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) is working with relevant government institutions to strengthen monitoring systems, track wind directions and intensities, and…
Japanese researchers hope to use odour-detecting ‘insect drone’ for disaster rescue
They hope that, by widening the range over which it can detect odors and ultimately making it able to detect the scent of humans, they will turn the drone into a useful tool for…