Species are being lost at about a thousand times the natural rate of extinction. This is faster than at any other period in human history. Ecosystems—the vital systems on which all life depends—are being degraded across ...
Environment
Feb 14, 2020
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Millions of people in China depend on the rainfall brought by the monsoon during summer for their livelihoods and water supplies. Although there have been recent studies demonstrating that monsoon rainfall over the summer ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 10, 2019
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Cross-equatorial flows (CEFs) north of the Australia in the lower atmosphere play a pivotal role in mass, moisture and energy transport between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, and serve as one of the crucial components ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 12, 2019
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The wild orchid trade in China has extended its reach past physical markets to the Internet. With these rare, endangered plants just a click away, the possibility of extinction has escalated.
Ecology
Oct 25, 2019
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Flash drought is a new phenomenon with increasing prominence due to global warming. Drought develops rapidly without sufficient early warning, and has stricken the world with severe impacts during recent years, such as the ...
Environment
Oct 17, 2019
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The insatiable demand for orchids could be driving wild orchids to extinction in southern China.
Ecology
Oct 2, 2019
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What we eat can harm not only our health, but the planet itself. About a quarter of all the greenhouse gas emissions that humans generate each year come from how we feed the world. Most of them are methane released by cattle, ...
Archaeology
Aug 9, 2019
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Visible satellite imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite showed the clouds from Tropical Storm Wipha blanketing the Gulf of Tonkin.The Gulf of Tonkin is a body of water located in the northern part of the South China Sea. It ...
Environment
Aug 2, 2019
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A replica of the Palace of Versailles, medieval turrets, and spires rise across Huawei's new campus in southern China, a monument to the telecom giant's growing fortune—and the benefits of state aid.
Business
May 30, 2019
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The only known female member of one of the world's rarest turtle species has died at a zoo in southern China, officials said Sunday.
Plants & Animals
Apr 15, 2019
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