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Japan’s doomsday clock advances 6 minutes amid rising lifestyle sustainability concerns
4+ day, 13+ hour ago (216+ words) Asia News Network TOKYO – The Asahi Glass Foundation on Tuesday announced that the time on their Environmental Doomsday Clock, which indicates the danger to the sustainability of the human race posed by deterioration of the global environment, would be set…...
China overtakes U.S. for first time as top spender on research and development in 2024 – Asia News Network
5+ day, 16+ hour ago (181+ words) TOKYO – An analysis on research and development spending in major countries in 2024 found that China surpassed the United States for the first time to take the top spot, with Japan ranking third, according to the National Institute of Science and…...
Nepal sent its disaster alert 38 minutes after the glacier collapse. It wasn’t enough
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1598+ words) Some Nepalis survived the Bhotekoshi and Rasuwa flood by luck, not by warning. Their story, and interviews with the officials who built Nepal’s flood alert system, exposes their limits and shows how a knowable risk went unmonitored for years. View…...
Nepal flood exposes gaps in Bhutan's early warning systems
2+ week, 15+ hour ago (1349+ words) The Nepal-Tibet disaster serves as a warning for Bhutan, as mountain floods can strike without local rainfall and destroy the instruments meant to alert communities. View all posts by Yangyel Lhaden and Tashi Tshewang → THIMPHU – Nepal’s recent flood has demonstrated…...