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The porpoise was found on Tuesday morning near Ap Chau, one of the city’s outlying islands. Photo: Handout
Ocean Park

Dead porpoise with suspected stillborn calf found in Hong Kong waters

Boat captain, who spotted dead finless porpoise near outlying island, believes the mammal was carrying a calf.

Climate change

Opinion | Hong Kong needs to ask the hard questions about its net-zero challenge

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Conservation

Editorial | Study shows Hong Kong must do better to end illegal shark fin trade

Japan

Letters | Japan should put more eggs in the renewable basket

Readers discuss Japan’s energy strategy, and how Hong Kong can do better on paper and plastic bottle recycling.

Tokyo Electric Power Company’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant stands along the seaside in Kashiwazaki, northern Japan in 2021. Japan is about to restart the world’s biggest nuclear power plant. Photo: Kyodo News via AP
Environment

Editorial | Hong Kong’s biodiversity strategy must be clear and comprehensive

The discovery of new species should prompt more concrete commitments and proactive policy coordination to conserve the city’s flora and fauna.

Hong Kong tourism

Letters | Educate visiting hikers and seriously deter them from littering

Readers discuss the need to protect natural landscapes in Hong Kong, the new seat belt requirement, and AI-assisted teaching.

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Environment

Hong Kong boosts environmental impact reviews with AI, laser-armed robot dogs

Environmental Protection Department employs two systems – one for detecting bird species and another for monitoring trees – at Hong Kong Wetland Park.

The AI-powered bird monitoring system at Hong Kong Wetland Park identifies species through visual recognition. Photo: Karma Lo
Hong Kong weather

El Nino could cost Hong Kong US$300 billion and shorten life expectancy: study

El Nino phenomenon is ‘persistent driver of health and economic loss’, not just a short-term weather anomaly, study finds.

Hong Kong weather

Explainer | Hong Kong just had its driest January day. But how does that impact your health?

Post talks to experts about how to manage health during cold and dry weather, after city’s relative humidity plunged to 17 per cent this week.

Accidents and personal safety

Hong Kong ombudsman raises concerns over repeated landslides on man-made slopes

Since 2008, most cases of repeated landslides are either not included in monitoring programme or deemed relatively low priority, ombudsman says.

Debris collapses onto Yiu Hing Road at Shau Kei Wan in 2023. Photo: May Tse
Hong Kong Observatory

Hong Kong’s humidity reaches lowest level recorded for single day in January

Under the influence of a winter monsoon, the relative humidity plunged to 17 per cent at 4pm on Thursday.

Hongkongers look for warm clothing to counter the cold weather. Photo: Eugene Lee
Animal welfare in Hong Kong

Hong Kong group saves 351 animals in 6 months as trapping, smuggling cases surge

Paws Guardian Rescue Shelter reports that animal cruelty cases are ‘alarmingly common’ as it calls for stronger action to be taken.

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

6.5% of shark fins sold in Hong Kong are protected, higher than reported: study

Study by US, local institutions also reveals volume of critically endangered whitetip shark fins sold in city is 70 times higher than reported.

Hong Kong science and tech

Hong Kong scientists discover 2 new coral species in city’s southeastern waters

Baptist University researcher team, led by Professor Qiu Jianwen, discovers two previously unknown soft corals off Sung Kong Island.

One of the two new soft coral species, Parasphaerasclera dimorpha, discovered by marine scientists at Baptist University. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong

Video | Sai Kung campsite left in shambles after New Year’s Eve celebrations

Tourists left the Ham Tin Wan Campsite in complete disarray, prompting backlash on local social media.

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Sai Kung campsite left in shambles after NYE celebrations. Photo: SCMP
Hong Kong

Groups welcome updated Hong Kong biodiversity plan but call for more details

Government unveils Hong Kong Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan, which sets out strategies for the next 10 years.

Waste Management

Editorial | Hong Kong still needs a waste-charging scheme

Despite the decline in solid waste levels, there is a need for a solution to deal with the reality of the city’s overwhelmed landfills.

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Hong Kong

Opinion | How to invite meaning to your Christmas feast in a turmoil-filled world

Helping others, starting meaningful conversations and making the festive season more sustainable are just a few ways to celebrate this year.

Being more sustainable and contributing to causes you care about, are just a few ways to create meaning with your Christmas feasts. Photo: courtesy Chomp
Hong Kong society

Hong Kong’s solid waste levels dip for third year, but green groups still worried

Environment groups say trend not so clear-cut, cite impact of pandemic and heightened public awareness over shelved waste-charging plan.

Extreme weather

Letters | Asia is waking up to storms that are stronger – and more polluted

Readers discuss new research that shows how typhoons spread microplastic pollution, encouraging the use of an anti-scam app, and the migrant domestic workers who fell victim to the Tai Po fire.

2025 National Games

Letters | In the National Games, Hong Kong has a model of a green mega event

Readers discuss the features of the games that safeguard sustainability and the passing of an Indian cinema legend.

Installations of the National Games mascot Lerongrong are displayed at Kai Tak Station Square in Hong Kong on October 30. Some of the installations, put up across the Greater Bay Area cities, were made of marine plastic collected from beach clean-ups. Photo: Dickson Lee
Hong Kong

Bull shark found stranded in Hong Kong mudflats returned to sea by residents

Despite being caught in Pak Nai fishing nets, scientist says presence of juvenile shark suggests city’s ‘abused’ marine ecosystem is recovering.

The one-metre-long juvenile bull shark found stranded on the mud flats of Pak Nei, Hong Kong. Photo: Swire Institute of Marine Science
Hong Kong water supply

Editorial | Hong Kong must hasten water pipe replacement efforts

While the government has swiftly responded to the fifth drinking water pollution case this year, it must speed up pipe replacement work.

Hong Kong society

Letters | Rare stingray in Victoria Harbour a welcome sign of nature’s restoration

Readers discuss how Hong Kong’s marine conservation efforts are paying off, plans for a residential development in a Tai Po site, and geopolitical contests in Central Asia.

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Hong Kong’s whale of a tale: famous skeleton at Shek O gets new lease of life

Damaged skeleton of infant mammal that wandered into Victoria Harbour in 1955 meticulously recreated and displayed at original resting spot in Cape D’Aguilar.

Marine researchers and staff of the Swire Institute of Marine Science with the new replica at Cape D’Aguilar. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong society

Hot water runs out at Hong Kong estate amid bitumen clean-up, safety fears grow

Worried Taikoo Shing residents seek to clean meters after bitumen found in drinking water, turn to bottled options.

Taikoo Shing residents stock up on drinking water from a truck. Photo: Sun Yeung
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Chikungunya may be spreading silently in Hong Kong, expert says after fourth case

‘This latest case, I believe, highlights that we have some silent transmission chains in Hong Kong,’ expert says.

Hong Kong society

Hong Kong authorities vow to clean bitumen-polluted water tanks by early morning

Laboratory tests confirm black particles found in polluted drinking water of 14 blocks of Taikoo Shing residential development were bitumen.

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