Accurate land cover maps are fundamental to urban planning, environmental monitoring, and sustainable development. Yet until now, large-scale submeter products remained scarce due to the challenges of ...

As China’s cities become taller, bigger and more modern, they face a major problem: the ground beneath them is sinking. A 2024 study 1 found that nearly half of the land under the country’s major ...

Sea levels are rising faster than at any time in 4,000 years, scientists report, with China’s major coastal cities at particular risk. The rapid increase is driven by warming oceans and melting ice, ...