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'Global boiling' feared
Published on 17/03/2024
» Thailand is facing the prospect of another scorching summer, with the highest recorded temperature in the last 73 years already reached this year.
Soaring rice prices sow hope - and trouble - for indebted farmers
Published on 18/09/2023
» CHAI NAT: After finishing her latest rice harvest, Sripai Kaeo-eam hurriedly cleared her fields and planted a new crop in late August — ignoring a government advisory to restrict further sowing of the grain this year to conserve water.
Heatwave to worsen, experts warn
News, Pratch Rujivanarom, Published on 18/04/2023
» The El Nino weather pattern will bring a hotter and drier climate across Thailand in the coming months, say climate experts who warn of worse to come due to climate change.
Dam-building race threatens the Mekong River
Published on 19/08/2019
» The Mekong River is a lifeline to many communities in Southeast Asia. But an ongoing drought and dozens of hydroelectric power plants are lowering water levels and damaging a fragile ecosystem.
The burden of the blazes
News, Kornchanok Raksaseri, Published on 21/04/2019
» On April 12 this year, many people in Thailand enjoyed playing with water on the first day of Songkran. At the same time, about 100 officers and volunteers were soaking in their own sweat and the water used to fight raging fires that threatened the forest as well as nearby villagers on Doi Chorakhe in Chiang Rai's Mae Chan district.
Migrants face changing climate
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 01/07/2018
» The arrival of May once reminded Lin Na that the first rain of the year was on its way. The ground in her small village of Prey Veng province in southern Cambodia would start to soften, dampened by rainfall. This time each year, she would help her family cultivate a two-hectare rice field, the main source of food and income for them throughout the year.
Cutting through the haze
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 24/12/2017
» By the end of the year, the northern provinces of Thailand will be put on high alert for summer haze. The conditions from February to April are dry, increasing the risk of wildfires. But it's also the period when farmers light fires to clear their land for crop cultivation -- flames which could spread into forest areas, sending up haze and acting as a huge source of carbon emission.
Drought ends but farmers face rice woe
Spectrum, Published on 01/01/2017
» Farmers were hardest hit by the long drought in 2016. During the first half of the year, El Nino struck Southeast Asia and Thailand with the worst drought in decades. Rice fields cracked with dry soil. Farmers were competing for limited sources of water to nurture their land.
As sea temperatures rise, Thailand sees coral bleaching
Spectrum, Published on 25/12/2016
» Mass coral bleaching at the Great Barrier Reef this year triggered international attention towards the severe impact of climate change. The worst-ever bleaching event was caused by the El Nino climate cycle that began around the middle of 2014. Two-thirds of corals in the northern part of the Great Barrier Reef died.
Our top 10 stories in a year that will be hard to forget
Spectrum, Published on 25/12/2016
» Over the past year 'Spectrum' has reported a wide range of issues to give readers valuable insights. Our reporter ambushed the monk who helped Leicester City to their shock English Premier League title to get an exclusive. Another reporter blended in with Chinese yuppies in the new business district of Bangkok to find out why they decided to migrate to Thailand. Two reporters did a series of stories on the Tiger Temple by hanging out with the veterinarian, monks and national park officers to listen to all sides. We were determined to find the truth. Last month we also went up to Chiang Mai to talk to Hmong girls wrongly accused of stealing a British tourist's watch. Here are the top 10 stories in another exciting year of reporting.