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Can China’s ‘ecological redlines’ help other countries hit conservation goals?

November 30, 2024 CEN_com 0

China’s experience of drawing up protected areas and satellite cooperation with Brazil can boost progress towards 2030 targets, scientist Gao Jixi tells Dialogue Earth Around the world, differing financial capabilities and a lack of regional cooperation mean that the availability of biodiversity data varies wildly between countries. Many developing nations are unable to assess the state of biodiversity on their territory, or monitor changes and the impacts of destructive activity, which makes […]

Hot Oceans, Rising Climate Concerns: Chinese scientists raise the alarm

October 14, 2024 CEN_com 0

In 2023, the world’s oceans hit their hottest temperatures ever recorded, a silent yet significant milestone that speaks volumes about the state of our planet. On January 11, 2024, a startling report was published in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences by an international research team of 34 scientists from 16 institutions worldwide, led by the Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The global average sea surface temperature in 2023 rose by […]

Ongoing US nuclear contamination of the Pacific Islands

October 13, 2024 CEN_com 0

Forget China: the U.S. is Its own worst enemy Pacific Island countries see U.S. treatment of the Marshall Islands as fundamentally unjust – not only in the past, but in the present – and it has severely damaged their perceptions of the United States. The United States is competing with China for influence and access in the Pacific Islands, a region that could play a crucial role in winning a war in […]

Large-scale solar plants have positive environmental effect on desert areas: Chinese scientists

October 13, 2024 CEN_com 0

A research team led by scientists from China’s Xi’an University of Technology has assessed the ecological and environmental effects of large-scale PV development in desert areas. The research found that big solar power plants have a positive impact on the ecological environment of desert areas. The study was conducted at a 1 GW solar park in Qinghai province in northeastern China, and reported in the scientific journal Nature. The results […]

China Unveils Most Advanced Hydrogen Train in the World

October 13, 2024 CEN_com 0

China is making waves in hydrogen energy technology with the launch of the CINOVA H2, the country’s first intelligent hydrogen-powered intercity train. Developed by CRRC Qingdao Sifang Co., this groundbreaking train was unveiled at the International Rail Transit Technology Exhibition in Berlin on September 24, 2024. Achieving “zero carbon” emissions, the CINOVA H2 outperforms international counterparts in key metrics like speed, passenger capacity, and range, marking a significant advancement in the […]

China’s renewable boom puts ambitious climate goals in reach: CREA

October 13, 2024 CEN_com 0

China’s rapid deployment of clean energy has made it possible for the nation to achieve more ambitious goals to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, according to the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air. CREA is an Helsinki-based nonprofit think tank, founded in 2019 to conduct independent research on energy and air pollution. China is to be able to cut its carbon dioxide emissions by at least 30% by […]

NEW BOOK: People’s China at 75 – The Flag Stays Red

October 13, 2024 CEN_com 0

Marking the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, saw the launch of a new book: People’s China at 75 – The Flag Stays Red. Edited by Friends of Socialist China co-editors Keith Bennett and Carlos Martinez, and published by Praxis Press, the book brings together different perspectives and understandings of the trajectory of Chinese socialism over the past 75 years, with the aim of presenting China’s achievements […]

Top Chinese scientists abandon US positions – universities losing hundreds of billions of dollars

October 13, 2024 CEN_com 0

Research and Development (R&D) is a major profit center for the top universities in the United States. Besides the nearly $100 billion they earn in grants from the US government and private sources, university-based researchers create patents and inventions that generate many more billions annually. China is the largest foreign source of scientists and researchers for US universities, and they are concentrated in the hard sciences and in engineering, where […]

Chinese-Australian researchers develop new recycling process for PV modules

October 4, 2024 CEN_com 0

A Chinese-Australian research team use deep eutectic solvents (DESs) to separate ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) adhesive films from end-of-life solar panels. The low cost method achieved a 100% EVA separation rate with an aluminum removal efficiency of 98.4%. The team comprised scientists from Kunming University of Science and Technology, China and the University of New South Wales, Australia. Abstract From Chemical Engineering Journal, Vol 499, Nov 2024 Sustainable End-of-life (EOL) […]

Food security in China and the impact of climate change

September 18, 2024 CEN_com 0

As the global climate changes, extreme climate events, such as heatwaves, droughts, and flooding, are becoming more commonplace. Like many countries, China has suffered from extreme climatic events in recent years and climatic extremes combined with EI Niño effects have exposed vulnerabilities in its agricultural landscape. Climate change poses a great challenge to global food security and the current changes in global food insecurity can be plausibly attributed to its […]