Observatory: Hong Kong’s May much cooler than usual
With a stronger than normal northeast monsoon affecting southern China, the city's monthly mean temperature was 25.0 degrees Celsius, 1.3 degrees below than normal.
Nepal’s hotels to ban single-use plastics in green push
Hotel Association Nepal announced all kinds of throwaway plastics — water bottles, straws, toothbrushes — will be prohibited at all its member establishments starting January…
Green power: How Indonesia plans to cut its carbon footprint
At COP26 last month, Indonesia pledged to reduce its carbon footprint. As G-20 host next year, it has made sustainable development a key focus.
We can’t even water livestock of 4 households now: Mongolian herders
In a peaceful demonstration against unregulated mining licenses, the herders submitted 9 demands to restore their "rights to live in a healthy and safe environment”.
Millions may face severe hunger following worst drought in Horn of Africa: UN
Drought has combined with a global rise in food and fuel prices, pushed up by war in Ukraine, to impact millions of people across the continent.
Hanoi, northern provinces forecast to have hail, floods after record rainfall
With this year’s weather developments, the North will see more rain than the average for many years in the future, predict meteorologists.
Floods give slow start to rainy season rice growth
Not only was cultivation slower this year, but constant rainfall at the beginning of the season had flooded and damaged early rainy season rice crops in two provinces.
Rains with thunderstorm lashed Delhi-NCR
Despite bringing relief from the soaring temperature and intense heatwave, the hailstorm caused a complete standstill in Delhi traffic as the ice hit windshields and motorcyclists.
Torrential rains in July nearly quadruple over 45 years
The Meteorological Research Institute believes that global warming to be one of the causes, announcing the frequency to have increased 3.8 fold up to 2020.
China ‘leading world’ in renewable energy: Elon Musk
Previously, Musk released a top 15 ranking of wind power installation worldwide, showing China crowned the list by a capacity of 328,973 megawatts, followed by the United States…