NORTH JEOLLA, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — “In the past there have been rare cases where moths from the sub-tropics were discovered in the island regions of the West Sea [Yellow Sea], but this is the first time a species of giant moth like the tropical swallowtail moth has been found.” Those were the words [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — With the sweltering summer heat showing no signs of relenting, an increasing number of South Korean farmers in inland areas such as Chungju are taking advantage of the extreme weather and turning their attention to growing tropical fruits. In the past, tropical fruits such as passion fruit, which originates in [...]
SUWON, South Korea, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Amid rising concerns over climate change, the latest study by the Gyeonggi Green Environment Center anticipates that Gyeonggi Province – a province of 12 million surrounding the South Korean capital – could experience 166 days of summer by 2070. That is about 50 days longer than the [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The Green Climate Fund, the South Korea-based United Nations climate fund aimed at helping poor nations fight global warming, has approved eight new projects worth US$755 million, according to the organization Friday. The approval, which was made at the fund’s board meeting in South Korea on Thursday, brought its [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s average temperature hit a record high last year due to climate change, which has also caused the world to see the highest-ever annual average temperatures, the weather agency said Monday. The median temperature was 13.6 C between January and November, 1.1 degrees higher than usual, the Korea [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study from the National Institute of Forest Science revealed that ants, among the insects more vulnerable to climate change, are migrating to higher elevations as a result of global warming, with their distribution pattern changing from being largely temperate to more tropical in terms of climate distribution. [...]
DAEJEON, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – A team of scientists at KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) recently announced the development of technology that will allow for the mass production of carbon dioxide absorbents, which are used for post-combustion CO2 capture that could hypothetically help ease global warming resulting from excessive CO2 emissions. [...]
SEOUL, June 6 (Korea Bizwire) – A huge swarm of Morocco locusts struck Russia last week, a phenomenon that experts suggest was caused by recent climate change. Likewise, Korea is also suffering from swarms of insects that are attacking urban and rural areas across the country. The early-arrival of warmer weather is shortening insect life [...]
CHUNGJU, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Chungju is a city in North Chungcheong Province famous for its apple orchards, but is now steadily expanding its agricultural production to tropical fruits. For the first time last year, Chungju cultivated passion fruits, which are native to tropical and subtropical regions. One passion fruit contains 36 percent of the recommended [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The butterflies that live in the southern part of Korea have migrated 1.6 kilometers a year for the past 60 years, due to global warming. In the process of organizing the distribution change of butterflies among different species, the Korea Forest Research Institute discovered that the movement of the [...]