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Emerald Lake, a green gem in NW China

Qinghai Province in northwest China is renown for having crystal-like salt lakes. Emerald Lake, also known as Feicui Lake, in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefec

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Enchanting sceneries of the summer solstice in China

Summer solstice, the 10th solar term of the 24 traditional Chinese solar terms, represents the arrival of summer.Although summer has come, the summer solstice is not th

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Bosten Lake dons summer apparel with green marshes in NW China

Monday marks the Summer Solstice and also the beginning of Chinese solar term Xiazhi.Decorated by vivid green reed marshes, the Bosten Lake in northwest China's Xinjian

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World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

01:55 Thursday was the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, created by the UN to raise public awareness of the factors contributing to desertification, and ways to improve l

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Sunken ship at the bottom of the sea covered in mucilage in Turkey

"Sea snot" has spread in Turkey's Marmara Sea. "Sea snot" refers to a thick, slimy grey-brown sheet known as marine mucilage that is formed by dead and living organic material.A clean-up effort, the

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Industrial fire in U.S. state of Illinois allowed to burn

00:57 A massive industrial fire broke out at a chemical plant in the U.S. state of Illinois on Monday.The fire will likely be allowed to burn for days as officials hope to protect the n

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Cambodia awards Chinese medical experts with friendship medals

01:59 Cambodia awarded seven Chinese medical experts with friendship medals during a ceremony held at the Cambodian embassy in Beijing on Friday.The Chinese medical experts arrived in C

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Turkey launches campaign to clean up "sea snot"

Aerial photo taken on June 6, 2021 shows mucilage, also known as "sea snot," in the Marmara Sea in Istanbul, Turkey. (Photo by Osman Orsal/Xinhua) Turkey launched on Tuesday a campaign to remo

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Death toll in Pakistan train crash rises to 56

The death toll in a train crash in southern Pakistan rose to 56 on Tuesday, a railway spokeswoman said, the latest accident to highlight a broken railway system that da

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A special interview with an Asian elephant in the migrating herd

A herd of 15 migrating Asian elephants that wandered northward from the Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve in southwest China's Yunnan Province has stepped into the

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Bosch opens $1.2 billion chip plant in Germany

Germany technology and parts supplier Robert Bosch opened a €1 billion ($1.2 billion) chip factory in Dresden, Germany on Monday, the single largest investment in the company’s history. The plant, whi

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Endua creates hydrogen-powered clean energy storage, using tech from Australia’s national science agency

Hydrogen-based generators are an environmentally-friendly alternative to ones powered by diesel fuel. But many rely on solar, hydro or wind power, which aren’t available all the time. Brisbane-based E

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Sporting moments of the week (May 31-June 6)

Dutch long-distance runner Sifan Hassan poses after breaking the women's 10,000 meters world record, clocking 29 minutes 6.82 seconds in the Athletics Continental Tour meeting in Hengelo, the

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Water hyacinth threatens Lake Victoria's ecosystem: official

VCG Water hyacinth, an invasive plant species, is choking Lake Victoria and threatening the lake's ecosystem and investments, including operations of ports, an official said on Sunday.The Lake

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Construction of ecological civilization in Shanghai attracts attention

China's concrete jungles make room for green space, as anationwide program to build parks across China begins in many big cities, according to a June 1 New York Times a

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When karsts meet water

Hezhang County in Bijie City, southwest China's Guizhou Province is located in the inclined area of Wumeng Mountain. The landform here is a typical karst landform, but

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Four killed, over 170,000 affected by strong winds, rains in Sri Lanka

Four people were killed and over 170,000 were affected by days of strong gales and heavy rains which lashed out across Sri Lanka over the last few days, the Disaster Management Center said on Saturda