Hibaku Tree of Hiroshima

Hibaku: The Witness Trees of Hiroshima

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Almost 200 trees survived the direct effects of the Hiroshima atomic blast on August 6, 1945, and are now called hibaku jumoku – the survivor trees.

4 Reasons Why Sustainable Development Goals Should Matter To Businesses

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By Katreena Sarmiento Sustainability has been an increasingly relevant topic of conversation across different spheres. From policy-making to education, health, and even among businesses. As...

Plastic Pollution: Greenest Countries in Asia

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By Terence Koh Plastic pollution is one of the most challenging environmental problems afflicting the world today. With most of the fastest growing economies located...

Extreme Salt

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The arid conditions thieve from a salt lake until all that is left is an alien landscape, a lifeless plain punctuated with saturated puddles. Workers toting baskets wade into the shallows. They are collecting salt, essential to the human diet, to medicine and even to the production of fertilisers and explosives.

Pangaea, Dance of the Moving Continents

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Today, we look at the familiar map and see the seemingly stable shapes of the land, but we are just catching a moment in a much more complex dance.

The Great Flood

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Legends and stories of waters rising high and deluging the lands are recorded and passed down through the generations by a number of cultures across Asia.

New Zealand South Island: Nature’s Bounty

By Adrian Page. (Photo by Kevin Schafer/Corbis) Take an unforgettable journey through a captivating, picturesque mountain range, gradually giving way to numerous river systems and...

Singapore’s Bloom: 5 Rare Flowers of an Island Nation

HANGUANA NEGLECTA • Small primary forest herb with black berries native to Singapore and extending to Johor, Peninsular Malaysia • Considered Critically Endangered (IUCN Red List) • Currently, only a...