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HONG KONG (Reuters) – With the climate set to get warmer from greenhouse gases, Chinese scientists predicted on Thursday that freshwater for agriculture will shrink further in China, reducing crop yields in the years ahead.
HONG KONG (Reuters) – In the race to build hybrid cars and wind turbines to feed growing demand for green technology, China has one clear advantage, it holds the world’s largest reserves of rare earth metals and dominates global production.
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Dalian Port has resumed operations of all its terminal and ground facilities, it said on Thursday, nearly two weeks after a fire and oil spill forced the closure of most of the port’s berths.
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Chemists in South Korea and the United States have improved the design of a type of artificial crystal, doubling the amount of carbon-dioxide they can absorb and store.
BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) – One of China’s leading newspapers slammed a major mining firm Thursday for its poor handling of a poisonous leak at a copper mine, as the company said it would cooperate with regulators in an investigation.
HONG KONG (Reuters) – A once minor pest has ravaged fruit orchards and cotton fields in China after farmers stopped spraying insecticide in crops of a genetically-modified type of cotton resistant to bollworms, experts said.
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Researchers have identified two genes that appear to explain why Tibetans are able to live comfortably in rarefied air at very high altitudes.
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Chemical extracts from cigarette butts — so toxic they kill fish — can be used to protect steel pipes from rusting, a study in China has found.
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s harbor was cloaked in thick smog Monday as air pollution soared to record levels ahead of the Hong Kong Sevens rugby tournament this weekend, the city’s premier sporting event.