Ozone formed at ground level is an invisible pollutant with detrimental impacts. It reduces tree growth causing potential losses in carbon absorption. This could...
Traffic congestion reflects economic growth in Asia but causes gridlocks and air pollution. Good public transport such as electric vehicles and metro lines are...
Asia worst hit by warming weather and water-related events. Seas around the Asia Pacific region are found warming rapidly and moisture from warmer seas...
Post-pandemic Asia is trying to revive its tourism revenues. But overtourism is taking a toll on the environment and local life. Sustainable tourism needs...
The AI-enhanced SAFE-RICCS system for predicting landslides has been rolled out in Nepal. The system analyses satellite images taken by NASA and other space...
Male infants are more likely to achieve HIV cure/remission after in-utero infection because male foetuses have lower levels of CD4 T cells which helps...
Hepatitis is now the world’s second deadliest infectious disease and seven of the top ten countries with highest hepatitis burden are from Asia Pacific....
Rice cultivation normally leads to high water consumption and methane emissions. But now, an experimental technique in Colombia promises significant improvements. 70 million people...
Since the military coup in February 2021, nearly 6,800 civilians have been killed and over 22,000 remain arbitrarily detained, he said. Humanitarian needs have soared, with nearly 22 million people in need of assistance and more than 3.5 million displaced by conflict.
There have been downward pressures on US financial asset prices as reflected in equity market volatility, a weakening dollar and higher long-term 30-year government bond yields.