Niu Yuhan

Jan 16, 2025 | dialogue.earth | Niu Yuhan

A massive white airship hovering 1,000 metres above a research base in Jiangxi province successfully generated over 100 kilowatts of electricity on 14 January, setting a new world record. The airship, known as the “power station in the sky”, measures 15 metres in diameter and approximately 30 metres in length, reported Science and Technology Daily. It uses a helium-filled balloon to lift a lightweight generator into the sky, where it harnesses wind energy at high altitudes.

Jan 8, 2025 | eco-business.com | Niu Yuhan

Wen Xu recalls first climbing Muztagh Ata in Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang, back in 2004. “The snow was thigh deep and we had to use snowshoes to spread our weight. Snow bridges allowed us to cross crevasses.”The scientist and explorer has now made the trip a dozen times, to collect ice cores and bear witness to the impacts of the climate crisis. “That thick snow is now a mix of hard snow and bare ice,” he says. “We need crampons to get around up there now.

Dec 5, 2024 | dialogue.earth | Niu Yuhan

On November 28, workers planted the final 100 metres of trees along the southern edge of the Taklamakan Desert, completing a 3,046-kilometre “green belt” encircling China’s largest desert, according to Xinhua News. The Taklamakan Desert, covering an area of 337,600 square kilometres – roughly the size of Finland – is the second-largest shifting sand desert in the world, behind the Sahara.

Dec 5, 2024 | reporteasia.com | Niu Yuhan

El segundo jueves de la COP29, el 21 de noviembre, fue el Día de Género. Aunque la conferencia estaba llegando a su fin, finalmente se destacó la importancia de la igualdad de género. Las partes de la Convención Marco de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Cambio Climático (CMNUCC) decidieron extender el Programa de Lima Mejorado sobre Género por una segunda década.

Nov 25, 2024 | dialogue.earth | Fermin Koop |Niu Yuhan

After two weeks of intense negotiations, the United Nations’s COP29 climate change summit concluded in Baku, Azerbaijan, with a commitment from developed countries to increase the funding they provide developing countries to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to the effects of the climate crisis.