Rainy weather in Taiwan will persist into next week given the current weather front that is lingering over the island and the approach of another front early next week, the Central Weather Bureau predicted yesterday.

The Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) yesterday said that it will conduct a second round of nationwide inspections for illegally operating hotels.

Taiwan could see heavy rainfall until May 23, with the arrival of the strongest weather front since start the of plum rain season, the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) said yesterday.

Asia's flood-prone megacities should fund major drainage, water recycling and waste reduction projects to stem deluges and secure clean supply for their booming populations, experts said Sunday.

Alaska's remote Pavlof Volcano was shooting lava hundreds of feet into the air, but its ash plume was thinning Saturday and no longer making it dangerous for airplanes to fly nearby.

Hong Kong saw its first electric taxis hit the streets on Saturday in a step towards reducing the city's high levels of roadside pollution.

The weather pattern is likely to be unstable over the next few days, with heavy rains expected across the country until next Tuesday, the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) said yesterday.

Australia on Thursday said it was pushing for a ban of any commercial use of a pioneering technique to reduce the impact of climate change by “fertilizing” the world's oceans with iron, warning of significant risks.

The U.N. has new weapons to fight hunger, boost nutrition and reduce pollution, and they might be crawling or flying near you right now: edible insects.

More than half of common species of plants and a third of animal species are likely to see their living space halved by 2080 based on current trends of carbon emissions, a climate study said on Sunday.