Read more about the article Cambodia Tests Low-Cost Anti-Trawling Structures to Rebuild Seagrass—and Its Blue Economy
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Cambodia Tests Low-Cost Anti-Trawling Structures to Rebuild Seagrass—and Its Blue Economy

By pairing site-specific data with simple, scalable deterrents, Cambodia’s Mission Blue Hope Spot demonstrates how FPSs can stabilize benthic habitats, support small-scale fisheries, and strengthen an emerging blue economy after…

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Read more about the article Southeast Asia’s Record Monsoon: Why Rains, Typhoons and Floods Are Surging
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Southeast Asia’s Record Monsoon: Why Rains, Typhoons and Floods Are Surging

Scientists point to climate change as a definitive amplifying factor. The ocean has registered record warmth, and the South China Sea shows a long-term trend of rising ocean heat content…

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Read more about the article Nature’s Carbon Buffer Nears Its Limit: Study Projects Global Vegetation Peak by 2070, Then Decline
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Nature’s Carbon Buffer Nears Its Limit: Study Projects Global Vegetation Peak by 2070, Then Decline

The results indicate that rising atmospheric dryness will substantially counteract the CO₂ fertilisation effect, limiting the capacity of land ecosystems to absorb carbon. FOLLOW THIS TOPIC Global vegetation is close…

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Read more about the article Pakistan Endures Successive Climate Disasters Despite Contributing Less Than 1% of Global Emissions
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Pakistan Endures Successive Climate Disasters Despite Contributing Less Than 1% of Global Emissions

Pakistan’s vulnerability is due to its geography. In 1,600 kilometers [990 miles] of latitudinal distance, Pakistan has the [world’s] second-highest peak in the north, to low-elevation land in the south.…

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Read more about the article Thousands Evacuated as Floods Swamp Hanoi Outskirts
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Thousands Evacuated as Floods Swamp Hanoi Outskirts

A report from the city’s Department of Agriculture and Environment on the morning of Oct. 10 said rising waters from the Cau and Ca Lo rivers inundated riverside communes including…

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Read more about the article Renewables Overtake Coal as the World’s Biggest Source of Electricity
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Renewables Overtake Coal as the World’s Biggest Source of Electricity

A strong rise in solar, and to a lesser extent wind, led to renewables overtaking coal generation for the first time on record in the first half of 2025. Renewables…

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Read more about the article CGF’s Plastic Waste Coalition Issues New EPR Guidance for Packaging in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
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CGF’s Plastic Waste Coalition Issues New EPR Guidance for Packaging in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

The Consumer Goods Forum’s Plastic Waste Coalition of Action has published new guidance on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for packaging in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where waste systems often…

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Read more about the article Typhoon Ragasa Slams Hong Kong and South China After Pummeling Taiwan and the Philippines
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Typhoon Ragasa Slams Hong Kong and South China After Pummeling Taiwan and the Philippines

As of 24 September 2025, officials reported at least 14 people killed in Taiwan and 124 missing after torrential rains burst a barrier lake in Hualien County, sending a wall…

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