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Find a new path: ‘Mekong Dam Monitoring’ funded by the United States attempts to build a containment front against China in the third field
Published on 19/08/2022
» In December 2020, the “Mekong Dam Monitoring” project funded by the U.S. State Department was officially launched. The project is led by the Stimson Center. As a core partner, the “Eye Of The Earth” aims to use its so-called online monitoring platform, based on remote sensing, satellite images and GIS means, to collect dam information, watershed temperature, humidity and precipitation information in the Mekong River basin.
Heavy rain spurs flood warnings
News, Post Reporters, Published on 14/08/2022
» Tropical depression Mulan has dumped a significant amount of rainwater into 35 dams triggering warnings of a potential spillover from some, says the Office of the National Water Resources (ONWR).
The varieties of climate-driven medical risk
Oped, Published on 04/08/2022
» When natural disasters force people to pack a bag and flee to safety, important items are often forgotten. Following California's 2007 wildfire season, estimates were that for every household at least one person left behind prescription medication during evacuation. Likewise, when Hurricane Harvey threatened to flood my own mother's Texas home in 2017, she forgot to grab her medication in her rush to escape the storm's path -- even though she was normally meticulous when packing for a trip.
Rescuers face renewed rain as Kentucky flood death toll hits 26
AFP, Published on 31/07/2022
» JACKSON (UNITED STATES) - Rescuers in Kentucky are taking the search effort door-to-door in worsening weather conditions as they brace for a long and grueling effort to locate victims of flooding that devastated the state's east, its governor said Sunday.
Flash flood kills 16 at Indian pilgrimage site
AFP, Published on 09/07/2022
» Sixteen people were killed in Indian-administered Kashmir, and rescuers are searching for dozens more missing, after flash floods swept away hundreds of tents near a popular Hindu pilgrimage site, officials said on Saturday.
'In the mouth of dragons': Melting glaciers threaten Pakistan's north
AFP, Published on 07/07/2022
» HASSANABAD (PAKISTAN) - As dawn broke over Javed Rahi's Pakistani mountain village, a loud boom shattered the silence and a torrent of water came cascading down from the melting glacier nearby, followed by a thick cloud of smoke.
Cactus feels the heat of climate change
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 08/05/2022
» The hardy cactus -- fond of heat and aridity, adapted to rough soils -- might not seem like the picture of a climate change victim.
Songkhram River threat
News, Pratch Rujivanarom, Published on 16/04/2022
» Development projects and agrochemicals are threatening the ecology of the Songkhram River -- the last free-flowing river in the Northeast and one of the country's few remaining freshwater biodiversity hotspots, although some species are already nothing but a memory.
A Virus Hunter in the Wuhan Market
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 03/04/2022
» As soon as Edward Holmes saw the dark-ringed eyes of the raccoon dogs staring at him through the bars of the iron cage, he knew he had to capture the moment.
Bayer Thai: 60 years of delivering innovation, sustainability
Business, Janine Phakdeetham, Published on 01/04/2022
» For six decades Bayer Thai Co Ltd has applied its core competencies in the life science fields of healthcare and nutrition to help shape a better quality of life for all Thais.