Listening for landslides
<p>A year after a devastating earthquake triggered killer avalanches and rock falls in Nepal, scientists are wiring up mountainsides to forecast hazards.</p>
Jane Qiu
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China faces up to 'terrible' state of its ecosystems
<p>Counting the cost of decades of breakneck development, Chinese scientists and policy-makers outlined the daunting challenges they face in trying to halt the country's environmental degradation.</p>
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Measuring the meltdown
With global warming hitting the Tibetan plateau hard, scientists gather to plan an international research campaign to understand and mitigate changes at the 'third pole'.
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China faces up to groundwater crisis
A crisis is developing beneath China
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China drought highlights future climate threats
Yunnan's worst drought for many years has been exacerbated by destruction of forest cover and a history of poor water management.
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Cloudy, with a chance of science
When American and Chinese scientists agreed to measure pollution and dust over China, nobody foresaw how difficult it would be.
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Where the rubber meets the garden
China's leading conservation centre is facing down an onslaught of rubber plantations.
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China asks world to step up on climate
Beijing conference tackles how to help developing countries.
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Is China ready for GM rice?
In an effort to avoid a food crisis as the population grows, China is putting its weight behind genetically modified strains of the country's staple food crop. Jane Qiu explores the reasons for the unprecedented push.
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The third pole
Climate change is coming fast and furious to the Tibetan plateau.