Mother plucker: Steel fingers guided by AI pluck weeds rapidly and autonomously
Robot that uses AI to pull weeds may reduce poisonous herbicide use by 70% for some crops.
Watch: Wild Elephant Finds Bag Of Drugs In Forest In China
The video shows the elephant breaking away from the pack and sweeping the ground with its trunk before tossing up a bag of black bag.
China’s summer of climate destruction
China’s summer this year has seen both extreme heat and devastating floods.
Chinese scientists create edible food packaging to replace plastic
By incorporating certain soy proteins into the structure, Chinese University of Hong Kong scientists successfully created edible food packaging.
Climate change: China’s green power surge offers hope on warming
Wind and solar power are booming in China and may help limit global carbon emissions far faster than expected, according to a new study.
Flying squirrels in China have discovered a clever new trick to store nuts for longer
Two species of tropical flying squirrels have worked out that if they nibble grooves around nuts to store them between tree branches, they are preserved for longer.
Shanghai breaks 100-year-old heat record amid intense heatwave
China’s financial hub Shanghai experienced its hottest day in May in over a century amid an ongoing heatwave that has gripped large parts of the country’s southern region.
Thick sandstorms shroud Beijing and several provinces in China
Capital Beijing and several provinces in China will be affected by thick, dense sandstorms that will severely affect visibility, Chinese weather authorities said on Wednesday.
In China, 1 million people are at risk from glacier-melt flooding, a disaster threat set to grow with global warming
Glacial lake outburst floods – or GLOFs – threaten 15 million people around the world, including vulnerable populations in western China
China’s biggest lake declares ‘red alert’ as long drought lingers
The central Chinese province of Jiangxi has declared a water supply “red alert” after the Poyang freshwater lake dwindled to a record low
Extreme China heatwave could lead to global chaos and food shortages
Cars. Batteries. Solar panels. Food. Global shortages and soaring prices are almost certain as China’s seemingly never-ending heatwave sears on.
China’s Yangtze river shrinks as heatwave, drought threaten crops
Regions that rely on the Yangtze, China’s longest river, are having to deploy pumps and cloud-seeding rockets as a long drought depletes water levels and threatens crops, and a heatwave is set to last another two weeks.
UN projects world population will reach 8 billion on Nov. 15
The United Nations estimated Monday that the world’s population will reach 8 billion on Nov. 15 and that India will replace China as the world’s most populous nation
Experts revive ancient techniques to make concrete more sustainable
A team of experts from EPFL, ETH Zurich, and Archiplein has developed a new type of non-reinforced concrete from stone offcuts. Using methods found in historical archives, the team reduced their use of carbon-intensive cement. They built and tested six load-bearing walls using recovered stone-quarry waste and three types of mortar-based binders.
Long-lost species of golden mole found and photographed for first time
A team of conservationists have rediscovered a species of golden mole that hasn’t been seen in almost 90 years.
Extreme rainfall increases exponentially with global warming
State-of-the-art climate models drastically underestimate how much extreme rainfall increases under global warming, according to a study published Monday
Turning the tide: Vietnam’s war against plastic waste
Vietnam has ambitious targets to tackle the challenge posed by plastic waste. Effective enforcement and implementation are key for success.
UN Chief Calls Antarctica ‘Sleeping Giant… Being Awoken by Climate Chaos’
“It is profoundly shocking to stand on the ice of Antarctica and hear directly from scientists how fast the ice is disappearing.”
