Kathmandu Valley toxic air is choking street dogs, too
Air pollution and seasonal changes increase respiratory and gastrointestinal problems in animals.
Vietnam among Asian countries most vulnerable to climate change
Despite driving 60 percent of the world’s economic expansion in 2024, several countries in the Asia-Pacific region are still not ready to cope with climate shocks and the…
Flooded and forgotten: The haunting reality of flood-ravaged schools in Sindh
Since the floods struck Sindh with an unforgiving force in 2022, the students continue to fight to stay afloat against a system that keeps pulling them under.
Philippines’ Mt. Kanlaon erupts; third big blast since 2024
The eruption produced a voluminous plume that rose at least 4 kilometers above the vent before drifting west and southwest, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology…
Monitoring of nuclear-contaminated water discharged by Japan to continue
China said it found no abnormality in the activity concentration of hazardous elements in seawater and marine life samples the country independently collected from waters nearby…
Myanmar earthquake: Heavy rains compound misery of survivors
Relief efforts hampered and disease risk rises as downpours lash quake-hit regions.
‘Imagine a third of Bangladesh underwater,’ warns Environment Adviser Rizwana
Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan warned that a one-metre sea-level rise — a plausible scenario by mid-century — would submerge 21 coastal districts, displacing millions…
Rural waste collection services guarding Cambodia’s Tonle Sap from pollution
The lake provides sustenance to over three million families, supplying 60 percent of Cambodia’s protein intake.
Why was the Myanmar quake felt in Bangkok, and how safe is Singapore?
Singapore’s risk assessment area should be widened, noting that the Sumatran fault, similar to the Sagaing fault that caused the Myanmar earthquake, is only about 400km away…
One person dead as wildfires continue to rage in Nepal’s Palpa
Despite efforts to control them, large-scale blazes continue to spread across Palpa’s community forests, posing significant risks to local communities.