Category: Asia

Indonesia’s thirsty capital is sinking as sea levels rise

Separated by a road and a viscous finger of black, garbage-choked water, the stilt-house slum of Muara Baru and

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Drought Ridden Farmers Commit Suicide in India

LUCKNOW, India -- Authorities in northern India have banned the sale of a cheap variety of hair dye after

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South China Sea headed for troubled waters: marine experts

HANOI (AFP) - Polluted, crossed by busy shipping lanes, and disputed by many countries, the South China Sea has

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Warmer seas spell disaster for oceans

HANOI (AFP) - The future food security of millions of people is at risk because over-fishing, climate change and

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Yangtze river drought crisis

Report courtesy of www.bbc.co.uk

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China blames Global Warming for growing water shortages

China suffers a water shortage of nearly 40 billion cubic metres a year which Water Resources Minister Chen Lei

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Smog chokes Beijing amid Games delay fears

Children and the elderly in Beijing were advised to stay indoors as thick smog choked the city on Friday,

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Warning sounded over level of water pollution in China

Water pollution may already have reached "alarming" levels in China following its industrialisation over the last three decades, the

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Hong Kong choking in dense smog

Hong Kong·s air pollution reached dangerous levels on last week, reigniting concerns about public health and fears that the

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Rising sea threatens China’s south

Over 1,100 square kilometres (440 square miles) of land in economically booming southern China will be inundated by rising

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