ENVIRONMENT

Into the Eye: China’s Intrepid Storm Chasers

As climate change triggers an increase in natural disasters across China, a small but growing group of people are driving into the heart of mayhem to capture stunning images from the center of typhoons, tornadoes, and hailstorms—providing invaluable resources for disaster research

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Primal Fear: Why China’s Children Are Becoming More Nature-Averse

Urbanization and screen addiction are creating a generation lacking nature awareness, but some are hoping to reverse the trend

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Seeds of Change: Transforming China’s Abandoned Urban Corners

One professor in Shanghai is helping to transform the country’s disused spaces into flourishing green oases, and with them a sense of community

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Catching China’s Bird Poachers

”Why go to so much trouble for a bird?”

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Troubled Waters: A Lakeside Village Struggles to Adapt to China’s Landmark Fishing Ban

More than three years on from a fishing ban on Poyang Lake, one fishing community is still straining to reinvent itself

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Uncharted Waters: How Has the Disposal of Nuclear Wastewater Impacted Life in China?

Six personal tales of life in the wake of Fukushima’s nuclear wastewater release

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Living With Pandas: What It Means for Locals in Sichuan

Saving China’s national animal from extinction has meant moving thousands of people and creating new industries

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Lights Off: China Finally Takes Action on Light Pollution

China is increasingly trying to tackle light pollution, a side effect of urbanization with severe consequences for human health and the ecosystem

ENVIRONMENT

March of the Elephants: Stories from Behind a Lens

Director Olivia Chen talks about filming an elephant herd on a march through Yunnan province

ENVIRONMENT

Surviving a Summer of Extremes

Ordinary people from Chongqing and Sichuan share how they survived the heat waves and wildfires