Obesity Rates in China Have Tripled Over the Past 10 Years
A cluster of high obesity prevalence was identified in the metro area of Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei. Since 2004, the prevalence of general obesity has…
A cluster of high obesity prevalence was identified in the metro area of Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei. Since 2004, the prevalence of general obesity has…
For decades pollution in China has paralleled economic growth. But this connection has been weakened in recent years, according to a new international research study…
A new MIT study reports that, if China follows through with its international pledge to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, every one of its provinces will…
A newly published study reveals that a combination of naturally occurring atmospheric processes and pollutants crossing the Pacific Ocean from China have offset the reduction…
Using data from NASA’s QuikScat satellite, a newly published study demonstrates how to quantify urban growth based on observed changes in physical infrastructure. Scientists used…
A group of international researchers reveal in a new study that the amount of nitrogen deposited on land and water in China has increased 60…
A national marine survey of China’s marine resources paints a disturbing portrait of its current coastal environment. The survey was launched in 2004 by the…
A newly discovered ancestor of Tyrannosaurus rex was discovered recently in China. Yutyrannus huali was covered in feathers, was 30 feet long, and weighed 3,000…
In China, during the Chinese Great Leap Forward famine, the male to female birth ratios fell significantly. This implies that whenever food is in short…
Paleontologists have discovered a new wildly snaggle-toothed skull in northeast China that belonged to previously unknown flying reptile. It was named Guidraco venator, which is…
The primitive ancestors of modern day fleas were built to drain the blood of dinosaurs, more than 150 million years ago, during the Jurassic period….
Microbial evolution has turned a mild-mannered North American beetle into a tree killer in Asia. The red turpentine beetle, Dendroctonus valens, is a wood-boring species…
Whether global warming is really occurring or these temperatures are cyclical, it’s best to keep coal use down as it is terrible for the environment….
In June of 2011, a team of Chinese and Swedish researchers rediscovered the breeding area for the Blackthroat Luscinia obscura, in the Qinling Mountains, Shaanxi…
The rest of the world can deal with droughts and bad crops but China has plans to step up their rain-making endeavors and increase precipitation…
There’s no question that we humans have been a violent species. All you need to do is watch the nightly news or any given blockbuster…