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Five facts about sea-level rise in Asia that will surprise you
We may live on land, but we couldn’t survive without the oceans, we literally wouldn’t be able to breathe. Oceans provide us with at least 50 percent of the oxygen…
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Are the seas really rising?
Terrifying scenarios of coastal cities submerged underwater have long been seen as an impending consequence of the climate emergency.
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Sea Level Rise Poses Economic Threat to Asia Coastal Cities
The report estimates that by 2030, 15 million people across the seven cities will live in areas at risk of flooding. The analysis is one of the first of its kind to use high spatial resolution data to suggest the areas of each city that are at risk from floods.
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Let’s Talk About Climate Change: An environmental education class with Dr Xoni Ma
"Everything is connected" was the first principle Dr Xoni Ma learned from his ecology study. Now a Hong Kong environmental educator, Xoni has been conveying the same message to the public. The principle also applies to how we arouse public awareness of risks in climate change.
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Let’s Talk about Climate Change: Prentice Koo explains why Chernobyl still matters
Let’s travel back a decade ago to April 2011. Prentice Koo (aka Muk) was Greenpeace Hong Kong’s senior campaigner back then, overseeing the Climate and Energy project. It was also in that year which he visited the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in Ukraine.
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Images reveal extent of Taiwan drought
Taiwan, known for its waterfalls and lush mountains, is experiencing its worst drought in 56 years. The dry spell has persisted for 18 months, including a highly unusual summer in which zero typhoons made landfall on the island.
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When the climate crisis strikes home
Covid-19 is not the only crisis we had to deal with this past winter. Huge areas of the northern hemisphere were in the grip of a brutal winter that left people without electricity, cars piled up, and homes snowed in. Texas went into an unprecedented deep freeze while record snowfalls in Japan left more than…
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Sandstorm spreads across East Asia, bringing orange skies and choking air pollution
On the morning of March 15, residents of Beijing awoke to their city shrouded in a suffocating orange haze, as winds carried a massive sandstorm thousands of kilometers from Mongolia.…
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With such beauty how can we not feel hope?
Satellite images taken from space show that we are living on a most marvelous planet -- filled with breath-taking wonders and inspiring nature. It’s time to briefly stop and take a good look at what we have to appreciate how crucial it is that we tackle the climate emergency. Honestly, in the face of such…
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Let’s Talk about Climate Change: Wilson Cheung on the front line of glacier research
Arctica and Antarctica are like second homes to Hong Kong polar explorer and researcher Wilson Cheung. There is a lot to share from his decade-long career from the heart of…
