Earth

How environmental change is shaping Southeast Asia.

Earth • STORY OF THE DAY • 6 days ago • 6 min read

Overpopulation The shrinking world

By Hilmar Schmundt • 6 days ago
The world's population explosion has so far been considered one of humanity's greatest threats. But humankind might be shrinking faster than expected

Earth • STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 03, 2019 • 14 min read

Endangered wildlife trade Hunting the hunters

By Ben Davies • Jul 03, 2019
From our print archive: A few unsung heroes try to stem a trade that begins in the forests of Asia and then spans the restaurants and pet shops of the world

Earth • STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 02, 2019 • 11 min read

Climate crisis Words of warning

By Claire Baker-Munton • Jul 02, 2019
The climate catastrophe is the biggest story of our times. Here’s how we intend to tell it

Earth • STORY OF THE DAY • Jun 28, 2019 • 15 min read

Plastic waste The waste land

By Evie Breese and Thim Rachna • Jun 28, 2019
Southeast Asia is racing to follow China's ban on plastic waste imports. And with Cambodia now forced to clean up its own mess, the Kingdom has a chance to turn piles of plastic trash into treasure

Earth • Jun 26, 2019 • 19 min read
Illegal wildlife trade

Prescription for extinction

Traditional Chinese Medicine is a flagship of China’s Belt and Road Initiative. But scientists say demand for medicine containing animal parts could push tigers, bears, rhinos and pangolins to the brink of extinction
By Claire Baker-Munton

Earth • Jun 14, 2019 • 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

Earth • 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

Earth • 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

Earth • 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

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