Earth

How environmental change is shaping Southeast Asia.

Earth • STORY OF THE DAY • 7 days ago • 9 min read

Mass extinction How to save the world

A new ethos and a new self-identity for mankind are needed to overcome mass extinction
By Philip Bethge

7 days ago

Earth • STORY OF THE DAY • Jun 12, 2019 • 9 min read

Natural disasters Apocalypse, soon

Soaring temperatures spurred by global warming and El Niño raise the risk of increasingly devastating storms, fires and floods. Is Southeast Asia ready?
By Claire Baker-Munton

Jun 12, 2019

Earth • STORY OF THE DAY • Jun 05, 2019 • 9 min read

Climate change Dead in the water

Hydropower is booming in the Mekong River basin as countries seek clean energy – but these massive dams might prove even more polluting than fossil fuels
By Claire Baker-Munton

Jun 05, 2019

Earth • STORY OF THE DAY • Feb 18, 2019 • 10 min read

Science How stem cell-grown seafood could save our dying world

With cruelty-free shrimps lab-grown from a handful of stem cells, Singapore-based Shiok Meats is putting Southeast Asia on the cell-based meats map – and offering an environmentally conscious alternative to the emissions-heavy fishery industry
By Robin Spiess

Feb 18, 2019

Earth • Feb 15, 2019 • 6 min read
Mekong Wildlife

Fishing for DNA

Scientists are rapidly developing new DNA-methods to identify what kind of life is present in rivers, lakes and the ocean. Advocates of the method claim that it has the potential to revolutionise the way environmental monitoring is done By Uffe Wilken      

Earth • Jan 24, 2019 • 8 min read
Illegal ivory trade

A mammoth task

Cambodia is playing a growing role in the international illegal ivory trade By Claire Baker-Munton

Earth • Jan 03, 2019 • 5 min read
Indonesia

More than 4000 dead after year of devastating disasters

Indonesia has been rocked by a series of destructive natural disasters in the past 12 months, with the death count at its highest in over a decade. But what is going wrong in the country to lead to such a staggering number of fatalities? By Robin Spiess

Earth • Dec 18, 2018 • 15 min read
Belt and Road

Operation Mekong

China is exercising a level of economic influence on the Mekong states not seen since the height of its imperial might By Bernhard Zand

Earth • Nov 30, 2018 • 5 min read
Sustainable tourism

Turning shark hunters around

A Singaporean schoolteacher-turned-social entrepreneur is fighting to save sharks from extinction in a unique way: by working with the shark hunters By Lily Hess

Earth • Nov 12, 2018 • 17 min read
Cambodia's building blocks

Blood bricks

Cambodia's construction boom has demand for clay bricks climbing. But a transformation to Cambodia’s rural economy feeds some of the most vulnerable into the growing brick sector and its toxic debt bondage By Janelle Retka and Leng Len

Earth • Oct 25, 2018 • 5 min read
Climate collapse

The fall of Angkor

Researchers now believe they know why the ancient city of Angkor was abandoned – and warn that modern-day cities could fall victim to the same fate By Robin Spiess

Earth • Oct 24, 2018 • 4 min read
Wildlife conservation

Thailand ranks as one of world’s best for wildlife travel

Thailand has been named as one of the best countries for wildlife travel in the world, according to a ranking system created by a global travel consultant company By Lily Hess