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27-year reunion: Donor sees desert turn into forest
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (73+ words) news. cgtn. com 27-year reunion: Donor sees desert turn into forest After 27 years, Yin Yuzhen reconnected online with American friend Ronald Sakolsky, who once donated $5, 000 to support tree planting in Maowusu, China's fourth-largest sandy area. The donation has since helped…...
Hubei farmers rush to harvest wheat fields between rainstorms
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (90+ words) news. cgtn. com Hubei farmers rush to harvest wheat fields between rainstorms Farmers and machine operators in Xiangyang City, central China's Hubei Province, are racing between two rainstorms, clearing water, unblocking ditches, and moving harvesters into the fields after recent…...
After 50 years, snow leopard cub born in the wild in northern China's Helan Mountain
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (96+ words) news. cgtn. com After 50 years, snow leopard cub born in the wild in northern China's Helan Mountain After 50 years of disappearance, snow leopards have successfully bred a wild cub in north China's Helan Mountain. Satellite tracking confirms the cub's parents…...
Hot Take: How Lhasa is turning barren mountains green
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (97+ words) news. cgtn. com Hot Take: How Lhasa is turning barren mountains green In Lhasa, the capital of China's Xizang Autonomous Region, barren slopes are turning green. Since 2018, workers at elevations above four thousand meters have planted more than 55 million trees…...
Bangladesh establishes its first institute for climate disaster research
4+ day, 19+ hour ago (191+ words) In a first-of-its-kind move to combat natural disasters, the Bangladeshi government has launched a major initiative to establish a specialized institute for climate disaster research and manpower development. Bangladeshi Prime Minister Tarique Rahman laid the foundation stone for the National…...
UN chief: Fossil fuels principal driver of climate crisis
4+ day, 19+ hour ago (215+ words) Fossil fuels are the principal driver of the climate crisis, said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday. "The path to climate justice runs through a rapid, just, and equitable transition away from fossil fuels towards renewable energy," Guterres said in…...
Chinese scientists unveil decadal-scale thermal memory of permafrost on Qinghai-Xizang Plateau
6+ day, 19+ hour ago (421+ words) The Qinghai-Xizang Plateau of China. /VCG A new study by Chinese scientists is deepening the comprehension of the asynchronous relationship between climate change and permafrost degradation on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, according to the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources (NIEER)…...
TRUMP POSTS WHITE HOUSE NOTICE SAYING EPA TERMINATED ITS ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE DEPT
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Building an Ecological Civilization: Bringing life back to North China Plain's largest freshwater wetland system
1+ week, 8+ hour ago (69+ words) China's Baiyangdian wetland has become a key focus of ecological restoration efforts in Xiong'an, a state-level new area established south of Beijing. Once polluted, the wetland is now witnessing significant improvements in water quality and the gradual return of wildlife,…...
High-altitude breakthroughs: Science steers plateau climate action
1+ week, 6+ hour ago (553+ words) Sunset at the Namcha Barwa, Xizang Autonomous Region, southwest China. /VCG The Qinghai-Xizang Plateau is emerging as a key scientific frontier in China's response to climate change and ecological governance. As glacier retreat, river changes and shifts in alpine ecosystems…...