One district in the capital Beijing received 68.2mm of rain in a single hour. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

Have you ever imagined a world where the great rivers we depend on—rivers that once seemed eternal—simply vanish? Across the globe, rising temperatures and relentless ... Read more The post 10 Rivers ...

Punjab's Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) has issued an urgent alert warning of rising water levels in all ...

Asia is warming at twice the global average, impacting economies and ecosystems, according to the WMO. The year 2024 saw a significant temperature ris ...

The rivers gave birth to the world’s major religions, their waters and the mountains from which they sprang were revered. Mythology and geology converge in High Asia. Mt Kailash is holy to the Hindu, ...

Across Asia, rivers are shrinking, coastlines eroding and ecosystems unravelling. Advertisement. ... Meanwhile, tiny Singapore has become a major player in the sand trade. Since independence in ...

Meteorologists in other regions have been able to link a few recent major floods to atmospheric rivers. In April 2023, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait and Jordan were all hit by catastrophic flooding after ...

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The researchers note that rivers near critical wildlife habitats, including major bird migration flyways in East Asia and North America, have experienced concerning increases in mercury levels.

NEW YORK, July 17, 2024 — New Yorker staff writer Peter Hessler discusses his new book Other Rivers: A Chinese Education (Penguin Press, 2024), an account of two years teaching university students in ...