Nature & Environment
Many Plans to Curtail Use of Plastic Bags, but Not Much Action
SEATTLE — Last summer, city officials here became the first in the nation to approve a fee on paper and plastic shopping bags in many retail stores. The 20-cent charge was intended to reduce pollution by encouraging reusable bags.
Can jumbo elephants really paint? Intrigued by stories, naturalist Desmond Morris set out to find the truth
Is it true that elephants are artists? Can they really paint pictures of flowers, trees and even other elephants? Are they the only animals on Earth, apart from human beings, that can create pictorial images?
How Ant Subterrain Structure's Looks Like?
A research that finds out how one of the subterranian ants structures looks like
Signs of the Times
There is nothing more iconic in Hong Kong than a street full of neon signs—but increasingly more people are fed up with the pollution they cause, and the danger posed by their potential collapse. By Pavan Shamdasani.
Ditch those plastic bags every day
More than 2,000 stores are to implement a "no plastic bag" scheme seven days a week.
MTR upgrade shines light on energy-wasting city
Hong Kong is two years behind the mainland in terms of using more environmentally friendly lighting, such as light-emitting diode streetlights, according to a research and development study into the MTR lighting system.
'Arctic unicorns' in icy display
Remarkable footage of elusive narwhal has been captured.
Seven birds test positive for H5N1 virus
Seven dead birds, found recently in Hong Kong, have all tested positive for the H5N1 bird flu virus.
Mai Po Reserve closes in bird flu alert
Mai Po Nature Reserve will be temporarily closed to visitors for 21 days, from today.
Indoor air quality scheme to be reviewed
Secretary for the Environment Edward Yau says the Government has commissioned a consultancy study to review the city's Indoor Air Quality Management Programme.
Thai mahouts ride tourist craze for elephants
SURIN, Thailand- Trudging the city streets with a hungry four-tonne elephant at your heels is not a job for everyone. But add a cute baby, and tourists flock to pet and feed the grey-brown giants, making the plodding pachyderms more of an investme...
More flu tests on dead birds
Agriculture officials have collected more dead birds for testing from beaches at Sha Lo Wan and Sham Wat on Lantau Island.
Google Earth, Google Ocean: mysteries of the seafloor are mapped for the first time
• Program expanded to take in vast, unknown depths • Data will add to awareness of climate change says firm
HK celebrates World Wetlands Day
The World Wetlands Day 2009 ceremony has been held to celebrate the success of the five-month Wetland Kaleidoscope educational and promotional programme at Hong Kong Wetland Park.
Scientist see holes in glacier at Alaska volcano
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Geologists monitoring Mount Redoubt for signs of a possible eruption noticed that a hole in the glacier clinging to the north side of the volcano had doubled in size overnight — and now spans the length of two football fie...
Bugs shine a light on reservoir pollutants
Light-emitting bacteria are being used to help the Water Supplies Department ensure Hong Kong reservoirs are not threatened by pollutants.
Emissions Cut Won’t Bring Quick Relief, Scientists Say
Many people who worry about global warming hope that once emissions of heat-trapping gases decline, the problems they cause will quickly begin to abate.
Fortune Favors the Road
A new road through Temple Street threatens the area’s historic fortune-tellers. By Winnie Yeung.
Air pollution reaches very high levels
Hong Kong's air pollution has again reached very high levels, with the roadside station in Central recording a level of 140 at one stage.
Antarctica's 15-Million Year-Old Lake -A Living Bio Lab?
Researchers have thawed ice estimated to be perhaps a million years old or more from above Lake Vostok, an ancient lake that lies hidden more than two miles beneath the frozen surface of Antarctica using novel genomic techniques to determine how t...