China adopts Yangtze River conservation law

Chinese lawmakers Saturday voted to adopt a Yangtze River conservation law at a Standing Committee session of the National People’s Congress, the country’s top legislature. The law, China’s first legislation on a specific river basin, will take effect on March 1, 2021.

A new species of Fordiophyton (Sonerileae, Melastomataceae) from Yunnan, China

金平分水岭国家级自然保护区发现了野牡丹科异药花属的一个新物种, 科学家们详细描述了该物种的形态、生长环境等,并基于ITS序列对其进行了系统发育分析。该物种具四数花和8个二型雄蕊,药隔基部鼓起但无距。上述形态特征及系统发育分析结果皆显示,这种植物为野牡丹科异药花属的成员。形态观察及比较显示,该种植物的叶片生于植株基部,茎短但具明显的节间,叶柄被长柔毛,无翅,具伞形花序,不同于异药花属所有已知物种的性状组合,因此认为它代表了一个未被描述的物种,遂取名金平异药花。

Mount Everest new height

Nepal and China, the two countries that share a border on Mount Everest, announced a new official measurement of the mountain’s height on Tuesday: 8,848.86 meters, or 29,031.69 feet.

Day hike to Tai Lam 12-9-20

43小巴, 屯门市中心站 鹿苑街 德政圍  屯門市中心 仁愛分科診所 恒順園 恒豐園 三聖邨 青山灣 碧翠花
咖啡灣 黃金泳灘 愛琴海岸 星堤 掃管笏
掃管笏 桂馥堂陈氏宗祠
门联为“颖川献瑞,凤卜传芳”
祠内有二功名牌匾,其一为“光绪十八年壬辰科殿试,钦点探花及第,臣陈伯陶恭”;另一为“光绪二年,钦点户部主政,丙子科第十七名进士臣陈嘉谟恭”
掃管笏 天后古庙
掃管笏 天后古庙
白石坑 麥理浩徑第10段
麥理浩徑第10段 trail head to the ridge following the power poles
掃管笏村
千島湖
小秀
Fried Egg Plant (Polyspora axillaris) 大头茶
Fried Egg Plant (Polyspora axillaris) 大头茶
元朗
Light? station
竹篙屻嶺 422m
元朗
元朗
千岛湖清景台
Back on the road 麥理浩徑第10段
Road hairpin
黃泥墩水塘
Planted trees
Flowers at the side of the trail
楊家村
蘆薈

Hair-crested drongo (Dicrurus hottentottus发冠卷尾
Hair-crested drongo (Dicrurus hottentottus) 发冠卷尾 12-7-20 黃泥墩楊家村
发冠卷尾
发冠卷尾
发冠卷尾
Strawberry field

Bird flu fears grow after spate of mysterious UK swan deaths

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/27/bird-flu-fears-grow-after-spate-of-mysterious-uk-swan-deaths A spate of baffling swan deaths is strongly suspected to be caused by a virulent new strain of avian flu sweeping across Britain.

Dying swans were found spinning in circles and discharging blood from their nostrils on Ulverston canal, Cumbria. Swan rescuers have taken in more than 25 dying birds in Worcestershire and nine swans were found dead in Stanley Park, Blackpool. Postmortem examinations have confirmed that six black swans and cygnets that died in Dawlish, Devon, had contracted the latest strain of bird flu, H5N8.

China discovers world’s smallest dragonfly in Sichuan

China discovers world's smallest dragonfly - ảnh 1
Nannophya pygmaea, commonly known as scarlet dwarf, with the smallest adult specimen having a body length of about 15 mm.
There are approximately 5,000 dragonfly species in the world. China is home to more than 990 species, more than any other country.