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Nobel Prize for Physics goes to scientists who explained climate change

October 7, 2021 CEN_com 0

Earth’s climate is a vastly complex system on a grand scale. On a microscopic level, so is the complicated physics of atoms and molecules found within materials. The 2021 Nobel Prize in physics knits together the work of three scientists who illuminated such intricate physical systems by harnessing basic tools of physics.  Half of the prize goes to climate scientists Syukuro Manabe of Princeton University and Klaus Hasselmann of the […]

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Technology empowers agriculture in China

October 7, 2021 CEN_com 0

To better ensure the wellbeing of its people, China’s policy-makers are eyeing a technology-empowered future for its agriculture. China, the world’s most populous country, feeds nearly one-fifth of the world’s population. With less than 9 percent of global arable land, how does China supply its 1.4 billion people with safe, nutritious food? WATCH VIDEO: https://vodpub2.v.news.cn/publish/20210924/XxjfyxE007058_20210924_CBVFN0A001.mp4 SOURCE: Xinhua, September 27, 2021 http://english.scio.gov.cn/videos/2021-09/27/content_77776987.htm

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BRI remains attractive as decarbonization push garners attention

October 7, 2021 CEN_com 0

China’s recent announcement about stepping up support for other developing countries in developing green and low-carbon energy and not to build new coal-fired power projects abroad makes the Belt and Road Initiative more appealing, experts have said. Kaposvar 100MW Photovoltaic Power Plant under construction in Kaposvar, Hungary. (Photo by Attila Volgyi/Xinhua) NEW YORK, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) — The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) continues to be seen as an opportunity of […]

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HAS COVID-19 “PATIENT ZERO” BEEN FOUND – IN KANSAS?

October 6, 2021 CEN_com 0

Ironically, the 1918 “Spanish Flu” originated Kansas, USA as well. Quietly altered death certificates add to the mystery; first confirmed Covid deaths in US and China on the same day You already know the story—in December of 2019, doctors notice a patient has a dry cough, fever, and has lost her sense of taste. Her ailment is later recognized as a novel coronavirus, and within months, the world is going […]

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Africa draws inspiration from China to curtail desertification

October 6, 2021 CEN_com 0

ADDIS ABABA, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) — China’s experience in reforestation and fighting desertification has injected lots of inspiration into Africa, which needs to curb the alarming expansion of the Sahara desert, Ethiopian experts have said. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) recently estimated that by 2030, Africa will lose two thirds of its arable land if the march of desertification is not stopped in time. The Great Green […]

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Half of the Planet’s Coral Reefs Have Been Lost Since 1950

October 5, 2021 CEN_com 0

China experiments on how to grow a coral reef Global coral reefs have entered a distinctive human-dominated era, the Anthropocene, characterized by more frequent severe global coral bleaching events and regional-scale coral habitat degradation. The prime causes of this are increased ocean temperatures, increased light intensity and increased ocean acidity – all closely connected to climate change. The most dramatic example of this is the severe coral bleaching of the […]

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Thorium: Did China just figure our how to make nuclear energy safe?

October 5, 2021 CEN_com 0

Experts believe there’s a cleaner, safer and better way to harvest nuclear energy. With its newest power plant, China might be first to get there. Scientists are very excited about an experimental reactor in Wuwei, China, and so are environmentalists. The reactor is cooled by molten salts instead of water, and instead of using uranium, like most commercial nuclear plants, it’s fuelled by thorium. Thorium is a weakly radioactive metal […]

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Chinese scientists complete seed collection mission at highest altitude

October 4, 2021 CEN_com 0

Chinese scientists have recently completed a seed-collection mission on Mount Qomolangma, according to the Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, a comprehensive national database for the collection and preservation of wildlife germplasm resources in China. Mount Qomolangma. The team successfully collected seeds of several plants such as crucihimalaya himalaica and saussurea gnaphalodes at a height of approximately 6,200 meters, setting a new record for plant seed collection at the highest altitude […]

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China’s Kunming ready to host key UN biodiversity meeting

October 4, 2021 CEN_com 0

Preparations are in the final stage in the southwestern Chinese city of Kunming for a UN meeting on biodiversity.  The first part of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) is set to kick off in Kunming on Oct. 11. The meeting will review the “post-2020 global biodiversity framework” to draw a blueprint for biodiversity conservation in the future. Themed […]

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China’s ecological conservation and restoration efforts are paying off

October 4, 2021 CEN_com 0

Watch the video to enjoy the stunning sceneries of these fabulous places China’s unremitting ecological conservation and restoration efforts have been rewarded with pristine waters and lush mountains.  Jiuzhaigou, a UNESCO World Heritage site in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, has risen from the rubble after years of eco-based restoration following a magnitude-7.0 quake in August 2017. More than 270,000 trees have been planted over the past three years, and 172 […]