Siberian Tiger Kills Amur Leopard in Northeast China National Park Wildlife experts describe this clash between the two endangered species in China’s Northeast Tiger and Leopard National Park bordering Russia as highly unusual, given the rarity of tigers encountering the more agile and cautious leopards in the wild In the…
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China’s never recharge nuclear battery
Chinese scientists have built a nuclear battery that can produce power for up to 50 years without being recharged. The technology, which contains a radioactive isotope, or version of nickel, as its power source, will be the first of its kind available for general purchase, Betavolt company representatives said on…
Diversified Forests Improve Carbon Storage
Diversified Forest Could Improve Carbon Storage – Chinese Scientists In the past few decades, China has invested more in afforestation than any other country. China took action earlier, now it has large area of artificial forest in the world, accounting for more than 1/3. But monoculture makes it fragile. Young Chinese scientists…
Red Panda conservation in China
Red pandas (or lesser pandas) have long, fluffy striped tails like a raccoon, and faces and diets that resemble a giant panda’s, but they clean themselves like a cat. However, they are not raccoons, bears, or cats — they were until recently thought to be the only living species in…
Wild China – understanding wilderness
Wild China – Toward a greater appreciation of wilderness China is the world’s fourth most biodiverse nation. It has more large carnivore species than any country on earth, equivalent to that of the entire African continent. More people, too, but squeezed into only about a third of the land. China’s…
China’s massive EV fleet to feed power grid
China Wants Its Massive EV Fleet to Plug In and Charge the Power Grid. In a bid to strengthen the seamless integration of electric vehicles (EVs) into its power grid, China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has introduced a set of new regulations. The move comes as the popularity…
Protect China’s seagrass meadows
China’s threatened seagrass meadows: scientists call for Seagrass Conservation and Restoration Plan Seagrass meadows are crucial coastal habitats that contribute to biodiversity, food security, and climate mitigation. However seagrasses, once common along China’s coastlines, have declined by more than 80% of the seagrass meadows in China’s coastal waters and six…
China space weather observatory
China’s space weather observatory is largest network of ground-based monitoring on Earth China has achieved a world first in space weather monitoring, with the completion of the largest network of ground-based observatories on Earth, stretching across the country in two bands from north to south and east to west. The Chinese Meridian Project, led…
The Dialectics of Ecology: An Introduction
The following is the introduction to John Bellamy Foster, The Dialectics of Ecology: Society and Nature (New York: Monthly Review Press, 2024). All nature is in a perpetual state of flux.… There is nothing clearly defined in nature.… Everything is bound up with everything else. Denis Diderot1 As Harvard ecologist and Marxian theorist…
China targets 25% wastewater reuse by 2025
China’s water-scarce cities to reach 25% wastewater reuse by 2025. During the past decades of rapid development in wastewater treatment, China has accomplished the transition of wastewater treatment from underdevelopment to an industrial powerhouse. China accounts for 21% of the world’s population but only has 6% of the world’s freshwater…