Dozens of Philippine schools suspend classes over heat danger

MANILA: Dozens of schools in the Philippine capital of Manila suspended in-person classes on Tuesday (Apr 2) due to dangerous levels of heat, education officials said. The country’s heat index measures what a temperature feels like, taking into account humidity. The index was expected to reach the “danger” level ofContinue Reading

Trash tidal wave coats normally pristine Bali beach

“TAKE TIME” Mountains of cheap spare are dumped into the ocean every year by violent storms, some of which travel for hundreds of kilometers and ends up on Bali’s beaches. According to Dalem, the garbage wave is” everything that repeats” on Kedonganan beach and other locations in the area everyContinue Reading

Bangkok says work from home as pollution blankets city

BANGKOK: Bangkok city employees have been told to work from home to avoid harmful air pollution, as a layer of noxious haze blanketed the Thai capital on Thursday (Feb 15). City authorities asked for cooperation from employers to help workers in the city of some 11 million people avoid theContinue Reading

Climate change an afterthought in Pakistan election

Politicians were n’t really interested in having this conversation before the money started coming in, he claimed. It used to be believed that God is to blame for all natural catastrophe. All of a sudden, they are all the result of climate change. A little audience gathered to listen toContinue Reading