World’s first China-led ISO standard for karst monitoring unveiled

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) recently released the world’s first global technical standard for ...
UNESCO

South China Karst

South China Karst is one of the world’s most spectacular examples of humid tropical to subtropical karst landscapes. It is a serial site spread over the provinces of Guizhou, Guangxi, Yunnan and ...
Miami Herald

Translucent cave creature — with visible organs — found in China. See the new species

Through a small opening in a karst region of China, a pool of water held a blind new species. Ge J-Y, Nong Z-Q, Yang J, Du L-N, Zhou J-J (2024) Zoosystematics and Evolution Deep under the surface of a ...
Time Out

UNESCO added 12 new Global Geoparks for 2026, including 5 sites in Asia

UNESCO has added 12 new Global Geoparks for 2026, with standout new sites in China, Japan and Malaysia. Here’s what ...
sciencex

Storage, form and influencing factors of karst inorganic carbon in a carbonate area in China

Carbonate rock chemical weathering carbon sinks reduce the rate of increase of the atmospheric CO 2 concentration and global warming. Based on the river ion concentration data, the stochastic forest ...