China is now leading the way in a different kind of geographical catastrophe – they’re digging one of the deepest boreholes ever tried into the Earth’s crust. The project aims to explore beneath our planet’s deep, complicated strata in order to shed light on Earth’s geology and to locate fresh oil and gas sources for… Continue reading China causes environmental concerns as it begins drilling the world’s deepest borehole
China has been battered by two typhoons in recent weeks that have caused severe flooding across the east coast. Typhoon Talim hit the south on 17 July, with gusts of 85mph (137km/h), according to the Guangdong weather bureau. Days later, on 28 July, Typhoon Doksuri struck Fujian province on China’s south-eastern coast with gusts above… Continue reading Weather tracker: Typhoons Talim and Doksuri batter China
In today’s rapidly expanding urban centres throughout the Global South, many reclamation efforts have evolved immensely. It has become more urgent to make a claim in this new territory for luxury residential, premium commercial, and industrial space as a result of the rising economic importance of coastal zones . Coastal region is not only the… Continue reading China’s Expanding Land Reclamation Can Have a Severe Environmental Cost
