<p>In 2019, the illegal wildlife trade reached staggering levels. Pangolin scales and ivory were being trafficked in massive quantities from Africa to Asia, exposing a network of crime syndicates operating
An evaluation of response of one disturbed, one rehabilitated and one mature forest soil in lower subtropic China to simulated acid rain (SAR) were studied using a controlled laboratory leaching experiment. Land use change is one of the important factors in controlling soil response to acid deposition.
About 300 people in Japan's Hyogo and Chiba prefectures sought medical treatment, with one girl in serious condition, in the last week of January after consuming frozen meat dumplings produced by
H5N1, the lethal avian influenza virus strain, was first reported in 1996 in China. The virus was transmitted to humans during an outbreak in 1997 in Hong Kong. Nineteen people were affected. Since
china experienced its harshest winter in five decades in the last week of January. Snowstorms battered the country, disrupting power supply, air and domestic transport, claiming scores of lives.
Chinese conglomerate Xinxing Group, along with its partners, will invest Rs 8,735 crore to set up a pellet and steel manufacturing facilities in Karnataka in two phases. The $11 billion group along with Chinese and Indian partners has forged a joint venture, XINDIA Steels Ltd, to set up a steel plant in Koppal district of Karnataka. In the first phase, XINDIA Steels will invest Rs 400 crore to set up a 2 million tonne per annum (MTPA) iron ore pellet plant in 300 acres. XINDIA has acquired a steel manufacturing company, Humpi Steels, where it will set up the plant. XINDIA is a joint venture among Xinxing Group, China Minmetals Corporation, Manasara Investments, Kelachandra Group and Sigma Minmet Ltd with Chinese firms
The battle to clean up China's environment has led to the closure of the country's largest producer of plastic bags. The announcement comes after a state-led campaign discouraging the consumption of plastics was launched last month. The new regulations banned the use of ultra-thin bags (under 0.025 mm thick) and ordered supermarkets and shops to stop giving away free carriers from June 1. Following the move, Suiping Huaqiang Plastic Co., a company that annually produced some 250,000 tonnes of bags, has closed. State media revealed that the firm ceased production in mid-January. "Over 90 per cent of our products are on the limit list, so the only way forward for the factory is closure,' a management official was quoted as saying by Xinhua news agency. According to official statistics, Chinese people use up to 3 billion plastic bags a day and the country has to refine 5 million tonnes (37 million barrels) of crude oil every year to make plastics used for packaging. Suiping Huaqiang, a 2.2-billion yuan ($305 million) company, employed 20,000 persons who now face an uncertain future. China's decree on plastics was a surprise move that went further than similar action taken by the United States and many other developed nations. It is being seen as a sign of growing environmental awareness in a country where breakneck economic growth has led to a serious toll on the air and water. The closure of Suiping Huaqiang may well be followed by others. Chinese leaders are increasingly anxious about the environment and draft laws to punish polluters will be high on the agenda of the annual meeting of the National People's Congress, China's Parliament, next week.
Beijing officials on Wednesday denied a report by a U.S. environmental expert alleging they have been fiddling with figures to make it look as if the city's air pollution is falling ahead of the Olympic Games. Environmental consultant Steven Andrews wrote in the Wall Street Journal last month that after studying the statistics he found that scientists have stopped including data from two of the more heavily polluted monitoring stations in the city and that the criteria for judging the level of smog was changed two years ago. Andrews said that without these changes, Beijing would have fallen far short of its targets for reducing pollution levels in 2006 and 2007.
High-resolution speleothem records from China have provided insights into the factors that control the strength of the East Asian monsoon.
Deposits in a Chinese cave tell the story of the region 's climate stretching back more than 200,000 years, well past the last interglacial warm period
Beijing: Two Chinese companies
