DENPASAR/JAKARTA: With its sandy beaches and lush paddy fields, Bali has long been sold as Indonesia’s picture-perfect island paradise. But to locals, especially those living in southern Bali, their ...

Most of us associate sinkholes with frightening abysses, but in China, they’re considered “heavenly” for good reason. Far from being mouths of doom, a number of these have been discovered containing ...

Countries are increasingly embracing the controversial practice of cloud seeding as global water demand continues to rise. Iran recently sprayed clouds with chemicals as part of a push to boost ...

Dramatic footage captured the moment lava flows collided with hot volcanic deposits on Mount Semeru, triggering massive columns of steam and ash. Footage shows a cloud of steam rising as the molten ...

Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung (right) accompanied by Head of the Water Resources Agency Ika Agustin (second right) inspects the flow of the Krukut River in Petogogan, Jakarta, November 7, 2025.

In the days since last week’s fatal landslides at Mount Maunganui, there has been widespread discussion about what may have caused the slopes above the campground to fail, including the possible role ...

A new study has found that rainwater in Indonesia’s capital Jakarta contains microplastics and potentially other toxic chemicals harmful to public health, raising alarm over the pervasiveness of such ...

File: A man wades through the water during a tidal flood at the Muara Angke Port in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021. Rising sea levels and rapid land subsidence due to over-extraction of ...

When Heineken first introduced its truly alcohol free 0.0 brand widely in the U.S. in 2019, I do recall being dimly aware at the time that it felt like a pretty significant sea change event. It helps, ...

Notorious for traffic gridlock and poor air quality, Indonesia’s sprawling capital faces such a perfect storm of climate and environmental challenges that the government has decided to move it ...