As they span significant areas of Asia, Europe and the Americas, karst landscapes cover some 15 percent of the Earth’s land mass. Scientists estimate that these ... See the Yunnan Province Map.

The top 10 methane-emitting sites in the world release 28.8 million tonnes of the gas per year, say experts at the University ...

China has announced a major addition to its rare earth inventory – a vast trove of critical metals has been discovered in Yunnan Province and is likely to bolster the nations supply. Many industries ...

In December 2023, China banned the export of technology to make rare earth magnets, adding it to an existing ban on technology to extract and separate the critical materials. Rare earths are a ...

The Pliocene epoch, which lasted from 5.3 million to 2.6 million years ago, was a consequential time in Earth's history. The Isthmus of Panama formed, connecting North and South America ...

Critics of Trump's decision to shut down USAID and freeze foreign funding are worried that the move is making space for China to step in as an influential superpower around the world. USAID was ...

More than 50 per cent of Ukraine’s critical rare earth mineral resources are in regions illegally annexed by Vladimir Putin ...

If the near-Earth asteroid Bennu were to collide with Earth in the future, the space rock could cause substantial global damage, even though it’s a fraction of the size of the asteroid that ...

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Diplomatic Courier editor Jeremy Fugleberg brings you three under–the–radar stories from the Hinterlands: scientists search ...

As a greenhouse gas, methane is much more potent than carbon dioxide, so closing large sources is important. Particularly ...