“Climate change is obvious; we’re breaking temperature records,” says Lam Chiu-ying, a former director of Hong Kong Observatory who, although retired, retired is highly active in various conservation and environmental initiatives. Lam is a keen naturalist – formerly serving as…
So here we are. The heating is on. No longer are we at a stage of predicting global warming may occur, with experts cautiously saying this or that weather event just might be attributable to climate change, in turn due…
WWF calls for urgent ferry traffic mitigation measures before cross-border traffic resumes Hong Kong, 21 July 2022 – Acoustic and visual monitoring conducted by WWF-Hong Kong (WWF) has revealed dramatic increases in Chinese white dolphin occurrences and more diverse dolphin behaviours since…
Chaba has recently intensified to typhoon strength. Has a large eye on radar images, with rainbands across wide area – inc passing over Hong Kong (though rain here not so intense just now). The track is not as much to…
The tropical cyclone now named Chaba has intensified to Severe Tropical Storm strength – intensifying rather more and faster than forecast; perhaps another storm development influenced by climate change. Looks set to make landfall as a typhoon; and T8 signal…
In past few days, computer forecast models have indicated a chance of stormy weather developing over the South China Sea near Hong Kong at the beginning of July. Updating on evening of 29 June. The T1 signal is in effect,…
The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) launched the Hong Kong Biodiversity Information Hub (HKBIH) (bih.gov.hk) today (1 March 2022) aiming to foster a better understanding of local biodiversity by members of the public. The HKBIH is a one-stop website…
Yi O, by a small bay of the same name south of Tai O on Lantau, was for some decades an abandoned area. As in much of Hong Kong’s less accessible New Territories, making a living through farming was tough,…
– Safeguarding Wild and Wonderful Hong Kong For anyone flying in to Hong Kong for the first time, it may come as a surprise to look down and see islands dotting the sea, along with a green hilly landscape. Even…
Stephen IP GBS JP,Secretary for Economic Developmentand Labour Bureau, RE: Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Receiving Terminal and AssociatedFacilities As part of the PublicConsultation towards the aforementioned project, I would be grateful if theGovernment would for the record consider my…
Typhoon Mangkhut helped show “storm surge” is a threat to modern cities, not just something for the history books.
You’ve surely seen the shocking images from Japan last week, including as Osaka’s Kansai International Airport was flooded during the passage of Typhoon Jebi (4 September 2018). The airport was built on an island of reclaimed land, and images also…