Behind the numbers looms a stark paradox: in the world’s most populous nation, it is the southern states—long successful in ...

BEIJING -- A team of Chinese scientists, in collaboration with international researchers, has achieved a breakthrough in ...

Pointing out the need to better adapt to climate change and enhance resilience against extreme rainfall and flooding, the ...

China has emerged as a global front-runner in the fight against climate change, with sweeping policies aimed at curbing ...

The world's population is expected to peak at 10.3 billion in 2084 and then decline to 10.2 billion through the end of the ...

The new map displays the potential impact of a large-scale nuclear attack on the United States, with 250 million immediate ...

Conflicts over land and territory will likely proliferate as the accelerating climate crisis collides with rising ...

China’s shrinking population is a problem for everyone Economists and others are alarmed as the population issue could hobble the global economy.

The Tibetan Buddhist leader, who turns 90 on Sunday, appears concerned that Beijing will sweep in after his death to install ...

Siberia offers a tantalizing prize with fewer immediate risks. Its vast reserves of oil, gas, gold, diamonds, rare earth ...

This animated map shows how global populations are distributed across Earth by dividing the globe into slices covering 10% of the Earth’s population. You can see the largest cities in each slice.

Scientists have refined a new way of using genetics to identify whether someone has type 1 or type 2 diabetes in Chinese populations—and it is now being used in a large clinical trial to improve ...