‘Super El Niño’ could extend Thailand’s dry season into next year
The Climate Change and Environment Department has warned that the country may face the effects of a “super El Niño,” which could extend the dry season by up to one and a half years.
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The Climate Change and Environment Department has warned that the country may face the effects of a “super El Niño,” which could extend the dry season by up to one and a half years.
Police are looking for the owner of a vessel that ran aground on rocks off Trat province, spilling about two tonnes of allegedly untaxed products, mainly fresh food and meat, into the sea.
Similan Islands National Park officials successfully removed a massive 500kg of discarded fishing gear, commonly known as “ghost nets,” during a routine Marine Smart Patrol near Payang Island.
Any individual found encroaching on conserved forests or national forest reserves in Chiang Mai—which are closed to all unauthorised access—will be arrested immediately and face charges, according to a recent directive issued by the provincial governor to police and park rangers in a bid to curb forest fires. A total of 244 hotspots were reported in Chiang Mai today, including 37 in Prao district and 33 in Chiang Dao district. Many of these fires are located on high mountains that are not...
Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) police have apprehended two Myanmar nationals in a sting operation at a shopping mall parking lot in Mae Sot, Tak province.
Police have launched a hunt for those responsible for the beheading of an adult dugong, the remains of which were found tied to an undersea rock formation off Yao Noi Island in the southern province of Phang Nga.
Thailand’s leading environmental expert Sonthi Kochawat has warned that the country is entering a Super El Niño phase, which will bring extremely hot weather and a prolonged dry season, leading to drought that could severely impact the agricultural sector.
Chiang Mai’s municipal area has the worst air pollution of any major city in the world today, according to the IQAir website.
Wildlife officials have arrested two Thai nationals in Bangkok’s Bang Khae district who were allegedly attempting to smuggle a protected southern dusky leaf monkey out of the country.
A Civil Court has ordered a gold mining firm to compensate nearly 400 affected residents for health and environmental damages linked to its decade-long operations in Phichit province, awarding up to Bt200,000 per person.
Nearly five hectares (about 30 rai) of a peat swamp forest in Tha Luang district of Lop Buri — home to the White Champaca (Magnolia × alba), also known as the White Jade Orchid — have been destroyed by a fire which raged for about a week before it was brought under control.
Park officials have set snares and camera traps around pig farms in Mae Wong district of Nakhon Sawan province in an effort to capture a tiger that killed eight pigs at a farm early Friday morning.