Hawaii’s ‘Stairway to Heaven’ being permanently removed over trespassing tourists

Honolulu has begun its permanent removal of iconic landmark Haiku Stairs, known as the Stairway to Heaven, due to safety concerns and illega...

AAPI communities are most concerned about inflation, immigration: poll

A new AAPI Data/AP-NORC Poll revealed that economic and foreign policy concerns are the top priorities for Asian American and Native Hawaiia...

Study: Rising sea level 26,000 years ago caused migration between South, Southeast Asia

A new study discovered that early settlers in the Southeast Asian region were forced to migrate to South Asia after sea levels began to ris...

Japan’s ‘cheapest’ cardboard beds can be bought and shipped to adventurous sleepers in the US for $50

A Japanese company specializing in cardboard boxes, Aasu Danboru (“Earth Cardboard”), has designed a cardboard bed that is available to purc...

Last known Irrawaddy dolphin in northeastern Cambodia dies after fishing net entanglement

The last known freshwater Irrawaddy dolphin in Northeastern Cambodia was found dead on Tuesday inside of a fishing net it had become entang...

East Asia could be flooded by ‘rivers in the sky’ due to climate change, scientists warn

Researchers used model simulations to predict behaviors of atmospheric rivers under different climate change outcomes. A study found that ...

‘Apocalypse’: The world could be without internet for weeks after a solar storm, UCI researcher warns

A solar superstorm could cause a global internet collapse comparable to an apocalyptic event that could last for weeks, according to a study...

Small Chinese Village Spends 40 Years Transforming a Treeless Desert Into a Lush Forest

Thanks to afforestation efforts that span generations, a village in northwestern China managed to transform from a bare desert into a thrivi...

9 Ways to Be More Eco-Conscious This Holiday Season

With the holiday season comes endless tinsel, gifts, and decorations. And with it, also comes mountains of waste piled as high as a Christma...

Growing Rice May Release as Much Greenhouse Gases as 1,200 Coal Power Plants

Whether one grew up in an Asian household or chose to hop on the growing trend of vegetarianism or veganism, having rice as a staple part of...

Indonesia is Becoming a Landfill for Western Countries Because of Environmental Loopholes

Environmental activists in Indonesia are speaking out against the alleged loopholes of the Trade Ministry’s 2016 regulation on waste imports...

China Closes Mount Everest’s Base Camp Because Tourists Turned it Into a Dump

The Chinese government has closed down the base camp of Mount Everest and the area beyond, with officials citing the growing number of waste...

China Opens the World’s First Underground 5-Star Hotel to the Public

The world’s first underground luxury hotel in Songjiang, Shanghai is now accepting reservations beginning Nov. 20 with prices starting at 3,...

McDonald’s in Japan Starts Using Trays Made Form Recycled Plastic Toys

McDonald’s in Japan are using trays recycled from plastic toys as part of the fast food chain’s attempt to reduce plastic waste.   ...

China’s First Pro Surfer Calls to Save the Ocean From ‘Waves of Trash’

Darci Liu, regarded as “China’s first pro surfer,” is now an environmental activist rallying to save the country’s coastlands.  Liu, w...

Singapore Has an Incredible Way of Managing Garbage and Avoiding Land Fills

Singapore is the global epitome of environmental sustainability. The island state of roughly six million people boasts an efficient solid wa...

Mom Transforms Old Clothes Into Awesome Pieces for Her Kids to Wear

A mother of three with a knack for transforming old clothes into new pieces of eco-friendly fashion is winning love on social media. Sarah T...

He Began Planting Seeds on a Barren Island 39 Years Ago, Now It’s a Forest Bigger Than Central Park

Jadav Payeng from Majuli river island in Assam, India single-handedly saved a large chunk of his once barren homeland and turned it into a l...

Disturbing Photographs Capture Just How Bad the Plastic Pollution in Mumbai Is

An image of an Indian woman standing on a shore of filth has gone viral on social media. Photographer Ganesh Vanare took the image of his fr...

Boba Tea Shops Scramble as San Francisco Moves to Ban Plastic Straws

Owners of bubble tea shops in San Francisco have been forced to search for new kinds of straws as the city’s Board of Supervisors decides to...

Wandering Samurai Are Cleaning Up the Streets of Tokyo in Style

A group of eco-friendly individuals is gaining much attention for its amazing work at keeping the environment clean by picking up trash whil...

Indonesian Company Admits to Causing Oil Spill the Size of Paris in Borneo

A March 31 oil spill in Borneo that stemmed from a pipeline run by state-owned company Pertamina is now the size of the city of Paris. Perta...

China Orders Army of 60,000 Soldiers to Plant Trees Around Beijing

China has tapped into its military to help increase the nation’s forest area in an effort to combat pollution. For the project, the C...

Thai Mom Makes Son Pick Up Trash When He Refuses to Go to School

A mother from Bangkok, Thailand teaches her 5-year-old son a life lesson after he refuses to go to school on January 18, Thursday, by making...

The East China Sea Oil Spill is the Worst Disaster of Its Kind

The oil spill in the East China Sea that shook the world two weeks ago will likely affect the environment much more than any other similar d...

China Now Has the ‘World’s Biggest Air Purifier’ and It May Actually Work

The air quality in Xi’an, in northwestern China’s Shaanxi Province, improved significantly after researchers initiated testing of a massive ...

The U.K. Now Has Tons of Plastic Piling Up After China Stops Taking Their Recycle Waste

The United Kingdom will have to find another way to dispose of the mountains of plastic waste continuously building up in the island nation ...

Meet the Ripped Chinese Firefighters Who Will Keep You Warm This Winter

Firefighters from the province of Shaanxi in northwestern China released a new calendar featuring the outdoors, a bunch of animals and their...

Chinese Inventor’s Solution for Beijing’s Smog Problem is… a Giant Fan?

Many Chinese netizens are raising their eyebrows after an inventor confidently suggested that equipping around 15 million people with huge f...

Vietnam Gives Blogger 7 Years in Prison After Reporting on Disastrous Toxic Spill

A 22-year-old blogger will spend seven years in jail after writing reports about one of Vietnam’s worst environmental disasters that s...

Chinese Poodle’s Trash Clean-Up Game is Absolute Fire

Meet Xiao Huanghuang, a dog from Banan District of Chongqing in southwest China, who is also Mother Nature’s best friend. His owner, Mr. Ya...

Chinese Experts Rescue Paralyzed Snow Leopard Found in Tibetan Plateau

A pair of forest rangers recently discovered a paralyzed snow leopard suffering in the eastern Tibetan Plateau. Located in western China, t...

8 Asian Rivers Responsible for Polluting 95% of the Worlds Oceans with Plastic, Study Finds

There are only 10 rivers responsible for polluting the world’s oceans with up to four million tons of plastic annually, according to a newly...

Pakistani, Chinese Scientists Discover ‘Plastic-Eating’ Fungus in Islamabad Garbage Dump

A recent discovery by a team of scientists from China and Pakistan has the potential to revolutionize plastic waste management for good. Ac...

Chinese Scientists Develop Revolutionary Paste that Transforms Desert Into Fertile Farmland

China has reportedly developed a technology that is able to transform desert lands into arable soil that could grow crops and natural vegeta...

China Wants Every Car in the Country To Run in Bio Fuel By 2020

The Chinese government is pushing for a nationwide use of ethanol in gasoline in the country, in an effort to minimize the worsening air pol...