environmentSouth China Morning Post·Aug 27, 2026
Hong Kong’s Heat Stress at Work warning system will be automatically upgraded when temperatures reach 35 degrees Celsius (95 Fahrenheit) across multiple districts, after labour ...
environmentSouth China Morning Post·Aug 27, 2026
Yung, an elderly Hong Kong resident, has spent hours hanging out at a neighbourhood shopping centre in Kwai Chung all summer. But he has not been going there to shop, instead ta...
environmentSouth China Morning Post·Aug 25, 2026
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environmentSouth China Morning Post·Aug 24, 2026
Registration has opened for Hong Kong’s first countryside real-name reservation system capping daily visitors to a popular trail in Sai Kung at 2,000, with a lawmaker and a dist...
environmentSouth China Morning Post·Aug 24, 2026
Half of Hong Kong’s government departments and public bodies have not disclosed their greenhouse gas emissions data and some calculations have been based on outdated information...
environmentSouth China Morning Post·Aug 23, 2026
The Hong Kong Observatory may issue a typhoon signal on Tuesday or Wednesday as a tropical storm edges closer to the region. “Tropical Cyclone Narra is expected to linger over t...
environmentSouth China Morning Post·Aug 22, 2026
Hong Kong’s weather forecaster will assess next week whether to issue a typhoon warning as Tropical Storm Narra is expected to edge closer to the western Guangdong coast. The Ho...
environmentSouth China Morning Post·Aug 21, 2026
Hong Kong authorities will cap access to a popular Sai Kung trail overlooking hexagonal rock columns at 2,000 people per day during several stretches from next month and require...
environmentSouth China Morning Post·Aug 19, 2026
The Hong Kong Observatory has said it will consider issuing the No 1 standby typhoon signal over the weekend, as it tracks a low-pressure system that could approach the city and...
environmentThe Globe and Mail·Aug 18, 2026
Urban flock of about 200 birds is genetically diverse and thriving well outside of its natural habitat, the jungles of Indonesia
environmentSouth China Morning Post·Aug 18, 2026
Hong Kong’s labour minister has said authorities aim to complete a revamp of the city’s heat-stress warning system by the end of this month, following criticism that the alert l...
environmentSouth China Morning Post·Aug 17, 2026
Hong Kong authorities have slashed the time required for environmental impact assessments by up to half using artificial intelligence (AI), as part of flagship initiatives in th...
environmentSouth China Morning Post·Aug 16, 2026
Indoor heat levels in Hong Kong’s subdivided flats and rooftop huts felt like a blistering 52.21 degrees Celsius (126 Fahrenheit) this summer, with 80 per cent of homemakers liv...
environmentSouth China Morning Post·Aug 16, 2026
Scorching weather in Hong Kong will persist on Sunday and Monday with maximum temperatures climbing to 35 degrees Celsius (95 Fahrenheit) before a low-pressure system brings squ...
environmentSouth China Morning Post·Aug 15, 2026
Hong Kong’s lush forests are teeming with more wildlife ranging from birds arriving from neighbouring regions to newly discovered reptile and insect species, experts have found,...
environmentSouth China Morning Post·Aug 13, 2026
Hong Kong residents have borne the brunt of extreme weather this summer, with July rainfall exceeding the monthly norm by 23 per cent, followed by hot spells in August linked to...
environmentSouth China Morning Post·Aug 12, 2026
Retiree Yang Fangxin’s 72 sq ft rooftop home, located on the ninth floor of a 62-year-old building in Sham Shui Po, has become a heat trap under Hong Kong’s scorching hot weathe...
environmentSouth China Morning Post·Aug 03, 2026
A Burmese python has gone viral on social media after it was spotted along a busy road in a Hong Kong shopping district on Sunday evening, with an expert saying heavy rain over ...
environmentSouth China Morning Post·Aug 03, 2026
Local farmers have suffered six-figure losses because of extreme downpours since May, with a farm in northern Hong Kong flooded for seven hours during heavy rain on Sunday. Leun...
environmentSouth China Morning Post·Aug 03, 2026
Hong Kong can expect sunnier but very hot weather later this week, the city’s forecaster has said, as residents woke to an amber rainstorm warning for the second consecutive mor...