From pocket parks to forest parks, China is bringing nature closer to urban life. From 2021 to 2022, Shanghai has transformed 62 woodlands into leisure spaces,
Parks can do good for the environment too. Take Beijing’s Central Green Forest Park as an example. The park
As cities in China become
Facial recognition technology,
At a digital monitoring center of the Yellow River Delta national nature reserve in Dongying, Shandong province, a variety of data is on display on a large screen, showing the real-time situations of
The monitoring platform takes advantage of information technologies such as big data, remote sensing and artificial intelligence
The use of science and technology plays
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) today announced the 2023 Champions of the Earth.
“To protect our planet, we must find innovative ways to reduce the amount of plastic waste,” said Inger Andersen, Executive Director of UNEP. “One of this year’s Champions of the Earth, Blue Circle of China, has found a very good
Plastic has transformed everyday life and produced many
The addiction to plastics has created what experts call an environmental disaster. Every year, up to 23 million tons of plastic waste goes into lakes, rivers and seas. By 2040, carbon emissions associated with the production, use and disposal of plastics could account
UNEP’s Champions of the Earth honors individuals, groups and organizations whose actions have a
Chinese achievements in pollution control, ecological recovery and protection, and green development China
According to the press briefing, China has been the fastest in improving air quality and the PM 2.5 level in cities at the prefecture level and above dropped by 34.8 percent from that of 2015. Days with good air quality reached 87.5 percent. Pollution of water bodies and the soil is also
The country has taken
Imagine you are out fishing on the high seas - the wind and water are clean and comfortable and you begin bringing up your first catch of the day. That's when everything goes wrong. Your fishing nets are tangled up (缠成一团) in older, abandoned fishing tool, and you're unable to untangle them. Your equipment
Ghost fishing is what abandoned fishing tool does. It still catches fish, but no one benefits. Trapped fish die and attract scavengers (清道夫)
Environmental agencies estimate that 10 percent of all seawater litter is lost or deserted fishing tool
It's not the intention of the majority of fishermen to lose their tool. In most circumstances bad weather is to blame. But in other cases fishermen throw their tool in the ocean on purpose, risking expensive fines. But to them, it's worth the risk
By marking tool with electronic tags and utilizing GPS technology, owners are more likely to recover lost tool and less likely to abandon it. Currently, ownership regulations are reportedly very weak. Leading the effort for tagging fishing tool and creating accountability is the GGTI (Global Ghost Tool Initiative).
Ghost fishing poses a serious threat to the fishing industry worldwide, and a global effort is needed to solve it.
China has set a new record for creating sustained high temperatures after the “artificial sun” ran five times
The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST),
The extreme heat
Scientists around the world have been trying for decades to develop nuclear fusion. They say it is the best way
“The recent operation lays
Wang Xin, a marketing manager based in Shanghai, paid special attention to the carbon consumption figures shown on a flight booking platform. “When booking a flight, I will first check the flights
Business travelers like Wang have shown a
Afterwards, the carbon emission data of hotels, trains and cars
According to the US-headquartered Global Business Travel Association, 25 percent of companies worldwide consider carbon footprint and sustainability important in business travel. Among
In downtown Xiamen, Fujian Province, a 6-meter-high mound(土堆) that stretches for 60 to 70 meters stands in contrast to the high-rise
The blue-tailed bee-eater, or Merops philippinus, is known for its colorful plumage and on the Chinese mainland it
In recent years, with improved environmental conditions in Xiamen and the city government’s commitment
In 2015, the center
The birds,
The 13-year experience of preserving blue-tailed bee-eaters has given the center a grasp of their habits and made the Wuyuanwan Nature Reserve a stable home for them.
Technology isn’t the only way
A composting (堆肥) program at The Wesley School in Los Angeles is helping students get hands-on experience and ways
The school’s composting program
The school will use the compost on plants around campus. Some will
It takes two hours for the container to be emptied and prepared to receive