Ibn Battuta, was born in Tangier, Morocco, on February 24, 1304. From a statement in his celebrated travel book the Rihla (“legal affairs are my ancestral profession”) he evidently came from an ...

Wyoming and Montana took center stage at a congressional hearing Tuesday about fast-tracking rare earth processing in the U.S ...

Perched in the northern foothills of the Qilian Mountains, Zhangye Danxia National Geopark occupies a high, windswept shelf ...

According to an old Chinese proverb, farmers rely on the weather for their livelihood. But in today's China, while farmers ...

A new WMO report shows Asia is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, with rising ocean heat, deadly extreme ...

A study reveals that the oldest continental crust on Earth is slowly being broken up by shifting tectonic forces.

After years of trying, this spring Ma Chunlin of China filmed the whole route from Advanced Base Camp to summit in a single, ...

Look no further. Quanzhou, a port city located in China’s Fujian province, is the answer. Plus, Xiamen Airlines can get you ...

Asia is currently warming at nearly twice the global average, driving extreme weather events and inflicting serious impacts ...

Gen states the State of the Climate in Asia report shows 'extreme weather is already exacting an unacceptably high toll' on ...

The world holds many secrets. Some places are off-limits. Gangkhar Puensum in Bhutan is a sacred, unclimbed mountain. Area 51 ...

Last week’s column (“Taiwan in Time: The Hakka defenders of Hsinchu,” June 15, page 12) explored how Hakka militias in Sansia ...