Tag: Asia - Page 2
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Sri Lanka Turns Battleground Into Elephant Sanctuary
The escalation last week of hostilities between North Korea and South Korea has surely been a setback to plans to create an ecological corridor out of the Korean
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Asian Nations Aim to Double Tiger Population by 2022
It's rare that an entire international summit is put together for the sake of a single species -- but that's what's taking place this weekend, when representatives from 13 Asian nations will head to St. Petersburg
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New Monkey Discovered in Burma Sneezes When it Rains
Conservationists have found a new species of monkey in northern Burma that has such a uniquely shaped nose, its upturned nostrils fill with water when it rains, causing it to sneeze. On
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200K Acre Clear-Cutting Operation Uncovered in World's Largest Tiger Reserve
The world's largest tiger reserve was recently put into place in the Kachin state in Burma, news which conservationists and champions of the fast-declining species cheered. But it looks like the cheering came
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First-Ever Baby Snow Leopard Filmed in Wild
Curiosity, fortunately, didn't kill this cat, but it did bring a young endangered feline right up to a BBC camera trap in the mountains of Bhutan, allowing the news network to film what is likely
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Super Rare Asian "Unicorn" Captured, Dies in Captivity
As far as endangered species go, it's mostly bad news, with the occasional positive story. Well this news seems to fall somewhere in the middle: in late August, a group of Laotian villagers in the Annamite Mountains captured a saola,
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Then and Now Photographs Document Stunning Melting of Himalayan Glaciers
We've brought you a lot of news about glaciers around the world, and most of it is depressing. From the top 5 disappearing glaciers to the threats to Mexican volcanic glaciers to the closing of the world's highest
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Wild Tiger Population Dropped by 96.8% in 20 Years
Tigers are Rapidly Disappearing from the WildAccording to the latest estimates, there are only about 3,200 tigers left in the wild on the entire planet. That's a catastrophically sharp decline from the 100,000 tigers that were
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After Burning for 50 Years, Chinese Coal Fires May Finally Be Extinguished
Fire in Rujigou coalfield in China. Photo: Anupma Prakash The Coal, The Coal is on Fire, Let the... China has the worst underground coal fires on Earth. These fires, which have sometimes been raging out-of-control for decades, destroy as much as 20-200
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Climate Change 'Solves' Political Dispute As Bay of Bengal Island Vanishes Under Rising Seas
A nearly three-decade-old political dispute in the Bay of Bengal seems to have finally been resolved, though likely not in the way any of the parties
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Geologists Accidentally Opened the "Door to Hell"
In the darkness of night, flames dance and lick the air, casting an ominous glow that can be seen from miles around in the desert of Turkmenistan. The source of all this light and heat is a massive crater, in which blazes an
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The Electric Bicycle World Tour and What The World Looks Like from an E-Bike (video)
Guim Valls Teruel is travelling 5 continents on an electric bicycle to promote the use of cleaner energy and the non-reliance on fossil fuel worldwide. Currently in New Zealand, the Electric Bicycle World Tour has already clogged quite a lot of mileage
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China's Zero-Carbon City Dongtan Delayed, But Not Necessarily Dead, Says Planner
Last year, I wrote a post mourning the demise of one of the world's most exciting construction projects: an ecologically sustainable city for half a million people off the coast of Shanghai called Dongtan.
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Bears Rescued from Illegal Bile Farm in Vietnam
Just days ago, 19 Asiatic black bears were rescued from an illegal bile farming operation in Vietnam. For six to seven years, the animals were kept
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Asian Pollution Increases Ozone Levels in Western US
Image: NOAA Could Make it Harder to Reach Clean Air Act Targets The US Clean Air Act regulates, among other things, ozone pollution. A new study published in Nature shows that these standards might be harder to reach when the wind is blowing from Asia
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Government of Nepal Meets on Everest to Discuss Climate Change
Something very important happened in Nepal this morning as 24 ministers gathered around a table on the world's highest mountain to discuss climate
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Illegal Logging Makes Indonesia World's Third Largest Emitter of Greenhouses Gases
After U.S. and China... Indonesia is made up of 17,508 islands, most of which were totally covered by forest until about 50 years ago when that number dropped to 80%. But now, illegal logging and the burning of forests are making the country the third
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Cheetah's Return in the Cards for India?
After widespread hunting of both the cheetah and its prey, along with the converting of grassland habitat to farmland, caused the big cat to disappear from India nearly a century ago, the world's
