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Future Made in Australia? China and Indonesia are listening, nickel and dime
19 Apr 2024 23:44 GMT
… as our friendly neighbour flooded the market to destroy … squeezed.
Meanwhile, Indonesia and China draw closer together. Indonesian … Prabowo Subianto to Beijing at which Chinese President Xi Jinping … smelters smoked and polluted; rivers turned red with runoff. …
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Chinese Cities Could Go Underwater Soon, Research Says
19 Apr 2024 21:09 GMT
… implications.
A group of Chinese institutions completed a thorough … proactive measures to mitigate flooding risks, according to BBC … of China's landmass could be below sea level … Effective strategies, including centralized water supply systems and regulatory …
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Today's Logistics Report: nside Amazon's 'Project Curiosity'; China's Steel Floods Global Markets
19 Apr 2024 12:27 GMT
Big River Services certainly looks like a significant online merchant, with its sales of around $1 million a year through e-commerce marketplaces including Walmart, Shopify, eBay and Amazon. What the business doesn’t disclose on its website is that Big …
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Study Reveals 45% of China’s Major Cities Sinking, Putting Millions at Risk of Flooding
19 Apr 2024 20:15 GMT
… China's Major Cities Sinking, Putting Millions at Risk of Flooding … at risk of flooding, especially as sea levels continue … water depletion and the construction of geothermal wells. Many of China … larger population density, more water extracted, (and) more …
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Nearly half of China’s major cities are sinking — some ‘rapidly’
19 Apr 2024 20:15 GMT
… Affected cities include the capital Beijing, as well as regional … to sea level, usually owing to extraction of subsurface water, … University in Beijing, assessed 82 cities across China with a … by flooding “much sooner” than timelines projected by sea-level …
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Why Chinese cities are sinking?
19 Apr 2024 19:28 GMT
… new study has revealed that Chinese cities are sinking, putting … a year or more – labelled China’s ‘sinking belt’, the … The study found that the Chinese commercial hub Shanghai “has … of flooding, particularly in coastal cities where it reinforces sea-level …
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Half of China's cities are sinking, and it's a huge problem
19 Apr 2024 18:51 GMT
… people at risk of flooding especially as sea levels rise," … area (more than 900 million Chinese live in cities). Already … area (more than 900 million Chinese live in cities). Already … these towns could go under water.
China is already incurring losses …
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Nearly half of China’s cities sinking: study
19 Apr 2024 17:32 GMT
… at risk of flooding, especially as sea levels rise, according … of subsiding land in China could therefore translate … Ao Zurui (敖祖銳) of South China Normal University.
Subsidence already … — larger population density, more water extracted [and] more subsidence,” …
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Half of China's cities are sinking, putting most of the country's urban population at risk" data-before-rewrite-localise="/planet-earth/half-of-chinas-cities-are-sinking-putting-most-of-the-countrys-urban-population-at-risk
19 Apr 2024 17:15 GMT
… affected cities, which include Beijing and Tianjin, are concentrated … of floods, according to the study. Sinking cities on China… , around 6% of Chinese land sits below sea level.
"Subsidence … "provided good piped water from other areas and they …
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Water security: multidimensional threats at a global scale
19 Apr 2024 17:08 GMT
… that recognizes the connections between water, energy, food, and … by higher water stress, such as Australia, China, Cyprus, Spain … to water security, from water scarcity and poor quality to floods, … recognizes the connections between water, energy, food, and …