The authorities are increasing their cloud-seeding ambitions in response to drought, but many experts are sceptical about the benefits Read more »
China’s geoengineering plans dismissed as “fantasy”
China faces flooding crisis as natural disasters triple in 30 years
China is feeling the force of a global rise in natural disasters, as a surge in flooding brings malaria, snail-borne diseases and more, Debarati Guha-Sapir tells chinadialogue. Read more »
New technology could boost environmental monitoring in the third pole
Keeping tabs on environmental change in remote parts of the third pole region could get easier in future thanks to a breakthrough in battery-free monitoring. Read more »
China brings dams back to Africa
Chinese investors have broken a boycott on investment in African dams – and loosened the grip of the environment lobby. This is good news for the continent, water expert Mike Muller tells Olivia Boyd. Read more »
New species in the Mekong
This “cricket chirping” frog was unknown to humans until last year – and even then it was almost overlooked as scientists exploring the Quang Nam Province of Vietnam were so convinced its faint rasping noise was coming from an insect. Read more »
Policy in motion
In his new book, R Edward Grumbine explores the tangled relationship between conservation and development in China. Here, he talks to Olivia Boyd about the dam-building freeze on the Nu River and other lessons from Yunnan. Read more »
A new approach to the Third Pole
The UK government’s chief scientific advisor, John Beddington, praised chinadialogue and partners’ new report on the vulnerabilities of the Third Pole region as an “excellent example of a bridge between policy and science” at an event to mark the study’s release at the House of Lords last night. Read more »