Noise affects mate choice in animals: Chinese study

April 11, 2024 CEN_com 0

Chinese researchers have discovered that noise influences mate choice based on visual information in animal Published2022/08/16 Chinese researchers have discovered that noise influences mate choice based on visual information in animals via cross-sensory interference, according to the Chengdu Institute of Biology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Animal communication is often hampered by noise interference, while little is known about its cross-modal effect and how animals weigh unimodal and multimodal […]

China ends super-tall construction

April 11, 2024 CEN_com 0

New ban set to smash China’s super-tall construction craze Published2022/08/15 The 632-meter Shanghai Tower easily puts to shame other skyscrapers in China ever since its construction was finished in 2015. Sitting on the Huangpu River bank in Shanghai, it is currently the world’s third highest. Where the next new super-tall construction would come out in China has since been a question on many lips as several cities announced their ambitious […]

China commissions 200 MW vanadium battery

April 11, 2024 CEN_com 0

China commissions first phase of 200 MW ‘vanadium flow battery’ – scale dwarfs anything else in the world Published2022/08/12 Energy Storage News reports that China has commissioned a 100MW/400MWh vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) energy storage system in Dalian City’s Shahekou District, which is in Liaoning Province in northeastern China. A vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) is a type of rechargeable flow battery is a type of electrochemical cell where chemical […]

BRI projects benefit PNG

April 11, 2024 CEN_com 0

BRI projects bring significant benefits Papua New Guinea Published2022/08/12 BRI boosts local living standard, creates jobs, and nurtures skills in PNG Papua New Guinea was the first country in the South Pacific to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on the construction of the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Projects undertaken by Chinese enterprises under the BRI have led to fruitful benefits for local people – higher living standards, more […]

Is the ocean’s ability to regulate the global climate breaking down?

March 21, 2024 CEN_com 0

Published 2021/12/27 Oceans are a global force of nature that form the foundation of the blue planet on which we live. They cover 71% of our planet’s surface and make up 95% of all the space available to life. They are a life-support system for Earth and a global commons that provide us with free goods and ecological services, from the food we eat to the oxygen we breathe. The […]

Tale of two recessions

February 22, 2024 CEN_com 0

Tale of two recessions: Europe enters one while Russia defeats another Published2022/10/14 In Europe, recession now seems imminent. The International Monetary Fund has said Germany and Italy are certainly going into a recession. These are among Europe’s largest economic drivers. Their fall will trigger the slippage of other countries into de-growth as well. At the core of Europe’s economic miseries is an intense energy crisis that countries are finding impossible […]

China action plan for quality energy transition

February 22, 2024 CEN_com 0

Published2022/10/15 China Dialogue reports: A set of technical standards to support the low-carbon transition of China’s energy system should be established by 2025, the National Energy Administration (NEA) has stated in an action plan for energy standardisation. Technical standards provide requirements to ensure materials, products and processes are fit for purpose. China views them as a vital tool for guiding its energy system towards carbon peaking before 2030 and carbon […]

Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization

February 22, 2024 CEN_com 0

Published2022/10/15 This short video from CGTN by R. L. Kuhn, explains Xi Jinping’s understanding of ecological civilization as a key component of China’s rejuvination and socialism. “Building ecological civilization” is what the Chinese government has promoted over the past few years. It might sound vague to people in the west. However, China finds its way to sustainable development. How does the country strike balances between human beings and nature, environmental […]

China Environment News | MR Online

June 25, 2023 CEN_com 0

Published by MR Onlinefrom 2023/11/12 24 to 2022/08/25 Below are links to some articles in Monthly Review that were republished from China Environment News Source: https://mronline.org/guest…/cap-china-environment-news/… Courtesy of MRONLINE.ORG

Russia’s Climate Change Adaptation Plan

June 20, 2023 CEN_com 0

Published 2023/06/20 Impact of climate change on farming and rural development for the Russian North In Russia climate change is generally not perceived or discussed only as a risk. On the contrary it is expected to have a positive effect on Russia’s farming sector. International scientists have also found that while climate change threatens to stunt agricultural production in the west, this might be a different story in Russia, at least […]