“A lot of people actually think it’s pretty shocking. They never expected that such as severe situation could develop.” – Lu Yu-rou, media specialist, Plus or Minus 2 Degrees Campaign Alliance.

In Taiwan, fisheries fell to an 18-year low after a typhoon flooded fish farms. But were farmers only victims, or the villains too?

Chronically rainy Taiwan faces a rare water shortage as leaders ask that people on the dense, consumption-happy island of 23 million finally start changing habits as dry weather is forecast into early

Taiwan tourists are destroying a piece of exactly what they travel to see on an outlying mid-Pacific islet known — at least at one time — for its abundant coral reefs.

Worried that a deadly typhoon in August may be a sign of global warming, Taiwan wants to join the U.N. Climate Convention in time for a big conference in December in Copenhagen. But it faces opposition from China, which claims sovereignty over the island.

Taiwan is planning to use satellites to help uncover damage from hurricanes and speed rescue efforts — a radiometer would help detect mudslides even through clouds.

Deadly typhoon that hit Taiwan in 2008 set for TV re-run