Region - Asia, page 8

New York City has painted about 7 million square feet of tar rooftops white to lower temperatures.

Urban Heat: Can White Roofs Help Cool World’s Warming Cities?

By Fred Pearce

A logged area of a forest managed by the Forest Stewardship Council in Romania.

Opinion

Greenwashed Timber: How Sustainable Forest Certification Has Failed

By Richard Conniff

A woman and her son cross the Mithi River in Mumbai.

Dying Waters: India Struggles to Clean Up Its Polluted Urban Rivers

By Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar

A man collects snails amid a nitrogen-fueled algae bloom in China's eastern Jiangsu province.

Can the World Find Solutions to the Nitrogen Pollution Crisis?

By Fred Pearce

In New Park, China Creates a Refuge for the Imperiled Siberian Tiger

By Michael Standaert

Eurasian lynx have snowshoe-like feet that give them a competitive edge in catching prey on thick snow.

Warming Signs: How Diminished Snow Cover Puts Species in Peril

By Jim Robbins

Analysis

Will Self-Driving Cars Usher in a Transportation Utopia or Dystopia?

By Jacques Leslie

Habitat on the Edges: Making Room for Wildlife in an Urbanized World

By Richard Conniff

Climate Connection: Unraveling the Surprising Ecology of Dust

By Jim Robbins

Global temperature anomalies in 2016, with red representing areas that were 2 degrees Celsius warmer than the 20th century mean, and blue 2 degrees below the mean.

Why the Post-Paris Climate Challenge Is Even Harder Than We Thought

By Fred Pearce

President Xi Jinping announced an aggressive environmental agenda at the Communist Party Congress last month.

As It Looks to Go Green, China Keeps a Tight Lid on Dissent

By Michael Standaert

Conservation

Beyond Biodiversity: A New Way of Looking at How Species Interconnect

By Jim Robbins

A mining operation in Surigao del Norte, a province in the Philippines.

Interview

How an Activist Minister in Philippines Took On the Mining Barons

By Fred Pearce

Firefighters battle a wildfire near Mariposa, California.

Stark Evidence: A Warmer World Is Sparking More and Bigger Wildfires

By Nicola Jones

Dead trees in a California forest in August 2016.

Small Pests, Big Problems: The Global Spread of Bark Beetles

By Cheryl Katz

Sea level rise has shrunk India's Ghoramara Island from nearly 8 square miles to 2 square miles in recent decades.

Opinion

Taking the Long View: The ‘Forever Legacy’ of Climate Change

By Rob Wilder and Dan Kammen

Unnatural Surveillance: How Online Data Is Putting Species at Risk

By Adam Welz

A Callery pear tree on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

Interview

How Listening to Trees Can Help Reveal Nature’s Connections

By Diane Toomey

The World Eyes Yet Another Unconventional Source of Fossil Fuels

By Nicola Jones

An algae bloom in Lake St. Clair in July 2015. The lake is bordered by Detroit, Michigan to the west and Canadian farmland to the east.

Analysis

The Nitrogen Problem: Why Global Warming Is Making It Worse

By Richard Conniff

Asia

Urban Heat: Can White Roofs Help Cool World’s Warming Cities?

Opinion

Greenwashed Timber: How Sustainable Forest Certification Has Failed

Dying Waters: India Struggles to Clean Up Its Polluted Urban Rivers

Can the World Find Solutions to the Nitrogen Pollution Crisis?

In New Park, China Creates a Refuge for the Imperiled Siberian Tiger

Warming Signs: How Diminished Snow Cover Puts Species in Peril

Analysis

Will Self-Driving Cars Usher in a Transportation Utopia or Dystopia?

Habitat on the Edges: Making Room for Wildlife in an Urbanized World

Climate Connection: Unraveling the Surprising Ecology of Dust

Why the Post-Paris Climate Challenge Is Even Harder Than We Thought

As It Looks to Go Green, China Keeps a Tight Lid on Dissent

Conservation

Beyond Biodiversity: A New Way of Looking at How Species Interconnect

Interview

How an Activist Minister in Philippines Took On the Mining Barons

Stark Evidence: A Warmer World Is Sparking More and Bigger Wildfires

Small Pests, Big Problems: The Global Spread of Bark Beetles

Opinion

Taking the Long View: The ‘Forever Legacy’ of Climate Change

Unnatural Surveillance: How Online Data Is Putting Species at Risk

Interview

How Listening to Trees Can Help Reveal Nature’s Connections

The World Eyes Yet Another Unconventional Source of Fossil Fuels

Analysis

The Nitrogen Problem: Why Global Warming Is Making It Worse

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