Climate

Trains, planes and automobiles come to a halt as blizzards blanket Europe

22 Jan 2013

Air, road and rail traffic across much of Europe suffered major disruptions yesterday as heavy snow and freezing weather gripped the continent.

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New purple alert signals need for climate talks

16 Jan 2013

The colour purple is the new climate alert. It is the shade Australian weather forecasters added to their maps in anticipation of record high temperatures - over 50 degrees Celsius in some parts...

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Schemes lure more Asians to retire in Southeast Asia

24 Dec 2012

Like many mothers, Ritsuko Kawasaki fretted over the health and safety risks of remaining in Japan after last year's quake, tsunami and nuclear disasters.

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China's intransigence to block Doha climate deal next week

22 Nov 2012

On Monday government climate negotiators from around the world will arrive in the Qatari capital Doha to spend two weeks trading accusations and recriminations amid a mood of mutual mistrust and...

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Increasingly, Americans believe global warming is a reality

20 Oct 2012

Belief among Americans that global warming is a reality is now at 70 per cent, its highest level since the United States entered a deep recession five years ago, according to researchers.

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Hongkongers used to live comfortably without air cons

9 Sep 2012

Electric fans started to replace punkahs in Hong Kong as early as the late 1890s. When my Chinese friend arrived in 1917, so he told me, punkahs could still be seen in offices, schools, barbers'...

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Opinion

Alex Lo

A dangerous demagogue in our midst

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Jake Van Der Kamp

Ferry subsidies to push rents up further

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4:27AM

City faces wetter and more extreme weather

Hong Kong will face much wetter and more extreme weather by the end of the century, the city's weather chief said yesterday, attributing the phenomenon to global warming.

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Showers possible for HK's opening day

According to the Hong Kong Observatory, showers and even heavier rain are not uncommon in the city in August.

Senior scientific officer Leung Wing-mo forecast that the opening day...

4:09PM

Winter monsoon brings low temperatures

Another cold snap is forecast today, with temperatures expected to plummet to 11 degrees Celsius and a couple of degrees lower than that in the New Territories. The Observatory issued a cold...

8:42PM

2007 one of hottest on record for HK

Observatory blames global warming for hot, dry year

Hong Kong was exceptionally hot and dry in 2007, and last year was also sunnier than usual despite an increase in smog,...

3:21PM

Cooler weather in coming days

Temperatures will fall in the next few days as a northeast monsoon blows over southern China, Observatory senior officer Mok Hing-yim said. The monsoon reached the coast of southern China on...

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Warmer weekend expected after chilly spell caused by monsoon

Temperatures are expected to rise slowly over the weekend after the coldest day of this autumn yesterday.

A northeast monsoon affecting southern China caused the temperature to...

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