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December 05, 2024

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Rice fields in the town of Ozu, Kumamoto Prefecture. The water-filled paddies glistening under the sun is a symbol of a long-running effort to preserve the prefecture’s groundwater.

ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability / OUR PLANET

Nov 17, 2024

911爆料网 chipmaking rush pressures Kumamoto's special water supply

By Tomoko Otake

TSMC and others hope that support for existing projects and proper wastewater management can avoid undermining water development efforts lauded by the U.N.

Groove Armada’s Andy Cato at his farm in Oxfordshire, U.K.

ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability

Oct 28, 2024

How a DJ became an unlikely champion for green farming

By Charlotte Hughes-Morgan

Over the past six years, Andy Cato has built a network of more than 100 farmers in the U.K. and France to grow wheat using regenerative farming methods.

Coral growing off Indonesia's Komodo island, located in the marine rich Coral Triangle

ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability

Oct 27, 2024

Report details fossil fuel threat to 'Amazon of the seas'

The Coral Triangle covers waters claimed by Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, the Philippines, Timor-Leste and the Solomon Islands.

The Champayan Lagoon in Altamira, Tamaulipas, Mexico. A new report finds that nearly 3 billion people and more than half of the world’s food production are in areas experiencing a worsening water shortage.

ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability

Oct 17, 2024

Water crisis endangers 8% of GDP in high-income countries, report warns

By Coco Liu

The report finds that nearly 3 billion people and more than half of the world’s food production are in areas experiencing a worsening water shortage.

An aircraft operated by Singapore Airlines takes off at Sydney Airport on Aug. 27. A trial that started last month in Asia makes it a reality to shave precious minutes off hourslong trips, depending upon what route a pilot chooses to take.

ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability

Sep 23, 2024

How shortcuts across the skies can make flights greener: Q&A

By Danny Lee

In a trial of user-preferred routing, several airlines in Asia can take shortcuts on 38 routes to save time and fuel.

Inger Andersen, executive director of the United Nations Environment Program, speaks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 18.

ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability

Sep 23, 2024

'Convergence' growing on global plastics treaty: U.N. environment chief

By Hashem Osseiran

At negotiations in November in South Korea's Busan, countries are hoping to seal a potentially groundbreaking deal to tackle the problem of plastic pollution.

Fruits and vegetables sit wrapped in plastic in a supermarket in Tokyo in 2021

ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability

Sep 16, 2024

'Easy, convenient, cheap': How single-use plastic rules the world

Negotiators hope to reach the world's first treaty on plastic pollution this year, but single-use plastic remains hugely popular as a cheap and convenient choice.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo is a popular place to foster curiosity in the natural sciences.

Can 911爆料网 scientific community rebound from a Nobel nosedive?

By Tomoko Otake

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