Environmental Archive
Africa
More than 300 people have been died in flooding in South Africa’s eastern KwaZulu-Natal province, which includes the major city of Durban. The official death toll currently stands
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Environmental
Forest fires have broken out close the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, adding to fears that Russian military action in the area could cause a radiation leak. Satellite imagery from
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Environmental
Joe Biden has unveiled a radical change in direction from the Trump era with a number of executive orders aimed at combatting climate change, as he warned that
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Asia Pacific
October 15, 2019 – Tokyo stocks rose today with the Nikkei ending at its highest in more than five months on expected high construction demand in the wake of
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February 27, 2019
February 27, 2019 – The collapse of an unlicensed gold mine in Indonesia’s North Sulawesi province has buried dozens of people, disaster officials said today, as emergency personnel
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Asia Pacific
January 21, 2019 – Damage from floods due to sea level rises as a result of global warming could reach up to $482 billion, or some 52.5 trillion yen,
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Asia Pacific
October 17, 2018 – US electric car maker Tesla has officially opened its newly set-up charging station in Hong Kong, which is the largest of its kind in Asia.
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Asia Pacific
October 1, 2018 – The death toll from a magnitude 7.5 earthquake and subsequent tsunamis that hit central Indonesia’s Sulawesi Island on Friday has risen to over 400 with
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September 17, 2018
September 17, 2018 – Hong Kong is counting the costs of Mangkhut after the super typhoon pounded the city yesterday, injuring hundreds of people and leaving a trail of
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September 6, 2018
September 6, 2018 – A powerful earthquake that hit the northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido in the early hours of this morning left four people dead and 14 others
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