More than 30 000 protesters gathered in South Korea’s capital on Saturday ( Sep 7 ) on a scorching hot day to demand more aggressive action from the government to stop global warming. In the biggest demonstration in the country so far this year, snarling prospects in northern Seoul, protestersContinue Reading
TROPICAL Times South Korea also experienced the longest stretch of tropic night on record, measuring 20.2 % of the time between June and August, triple the preceding average of 6.5 days, according to a media release from the KMA. The term” tropical evenings” refers to times when the heat doesContinue Reading
SEOUL: A monument court ruling that found South Korea’s environment goals were “unconstitutional” would certainly change major businesses and it would be easy to update targets that were ruled to be inadequate, a authorities minister said. In a significant victory for the younger climate activists who brought the case, theContinue Reading
BEIJING: Swathes of China logged the hottest August on record last month, the weather service said, as Japanese authorities announced that 2024 had been its warmest summer since records began. China is the leading emitter of the greenhouse gas emissions scientists say are driving global climate change. Beijing has pledgedContinue Reading
TOKYO: Japan suffered its joint warmest summer this year since records began, equalling the level seen in 2023, data from the weather office showed on Monday (Sep 2). Climate scientists have already predicted that 2024 will be the hottest year on record for the Earth because of a warming planet.Continue Reading
According to scientists in a report from World Weather Attribution, an organization that examines the link between climate change and extreme weather, Typhoon Gaemi’s wind speeds were around 14kmh , more intense, and its rainfall was up 14 % higher as a result of warmer sea temperatures. ” With global heatContinue Reading
In a remote northern Chinese plain, which was once the largest solar farm in the world, thousands of columns of gleaming sections blanket vast areas of scrubby dust at sunset. The solar park, which is located close to the forbidding Tengger desert, produces 1.5 gigawatts ( GW ) of power,Continue Reading
PAJU, South Korea: Near the strongly fortified borders that divides North and South Korea, a tracking system is working 24/7- no tracking missiles or troop movements, but catching malaria-carrying mosquitoes that does cross the border. Despite its superior medical assistance and decades of established efforts, achieving “malaria-free” standing has remainedContinue Reading
BEIJING: China’s weather authority announced on Thursday ( Jul 4 ) that it anticipates relatively high temperatures in most of China over the next few months, which would suggest yet another summer of extreme heat. China is already suffering from severe temperature as heavy rains and floods batter the westContinue Reading
As authorities tightened flood control measures, such as pond construction, deaths during China’s monthly summer floods have decreased quickly from the thousands annually in the 1990s. However, China has been exposed to severe flooding and disasters like immediate mudslides, frequently in its rocky but populated areas, as a result ofContinue Reading