After years of watching China create land to back its expansive claims, others are doing the same.

The term - kokushobi - translates to

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Scientists say nearly all of the significant glaciers in the Austrian Alps have shrunk.

Chinamaxxing is adding more gloss to the recent flourish of Chinese soft power.

Experts say housebuilding and concrete drives are making floods worse, but that there are things we can do.

As the two nations vie for key materials, the US has regained the lead in foreign direct investments in African countries.

Jaywick, a seaside town in Essex, has been named the most deprived area for a fourth time in a row.

Streams are being blocked with branches in Shropshire to protect communities in Gloucestershire.

Butter, chocolate, coffee and milk have all seen prices rocket. Tracing back through the story of one particular supermarket staple begins to explain why

The US and Australia agreed to a framework that includes investments in projects to expand mining and processing of rare earth and critical minerals.

Rare earths are a specific category of critical minerals crucial for defence, auto and electronic industries that have become a flashpoint in diplomacy and trade

Maps Mania is a blog dedicated to tracking the very best digital interactive maps on the internet and the tools used to create them.

The announcement comes ahead of a meeting between China's President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump later this month.

Renewables overtook coal as the world's leading source of electricity this year, a think tank analysis shows.

They are melting like never seen before, changing landscapes around the world beyond recognition.

The project comes as China presses ahead with the US$167 billion (S$216 billion) Yaxia project upstream of Riew. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Paddy fields are thriving in a quiet part of east England and might help feed us in the future.

Every two weeks, a language is lost – and by the end of the century, half of the world’s 7,000 tongues could have vanished. We meet the artist using eyeliner and chokeberries to rescue everything from Ogham to Arablish

From paneer wraps in India to ski-through burgers in Sweden, photojournalist Gary He's new book McAtlas shows that the world's most global chain is also one of the most local.

Sixty states have ratified a global treaty to protect the oceans - it will become law in January.

It could power the region or plunge it into conflict

The new list of storm names is released, marking the start of the annual UK storm season. How and why are they given names?

Beijing's shipbuilding capacity is 200 times that of the US, an expert says, calling the scale

This year's hop yield could be down by as much as 50%, leaving farmers with lower incomes.

By 2100, Singapore’s sea level is projected to rise by up to 1.15m.   Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

From flexible seawalls to hybrid solutions, here’s a look at how Singapore is approaching coastal protection. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The 16th-century Mercator projection still in use distorts the sizes of continents. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A huge lake formed by a melting glacier above Pralognan-la-Vanoise could inundate the village – but a project is under way to stop it

A new interactive tool exposes the fragile, interconnected web of global food trade—and how climate change could disrupt it.

In six months, Nauru has approved just six applications – covering two families and four individuals. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Switzerland spends almost $500m a year on protective structures. Is it worth it - or, as some suggest, should people move away from the mountain villages at risk?

Charlene Rose talks about the launch of her A level geography teacher toolkit about Caribbean cuisine and superdiversity...

New entrants into the top 100 most popular in England and Wales include Athena and Yahya.

The scheme is China's first nationwide subsidy of its kind as the government tries to tackle a looming demographic crisis.

Five of the region's island nations offer such citizenship by investment for as little as $200,000.