The coastal cities in China have experienced the highest record of sea levels this season. 

Normal sea level is defined by the average sea level from 1993 through 2011. However, the coastal sea levels in China were 3.7 inches higher than the normal sea level last year. From the period of 2012 through 2022, coastal sea levels in China were the highest since the observations were first recorded. The reason for the sea rise is due to the temperature increase in the coastal waters of China, which is caused by global warming. There are many causations for global warming, but one of the major sources is the burning of fossil fuels in factories, which releases greenhouse gasses including carbon dioxide that traps the heat in the atmosphere. 

The sea level rises are causing long-term effects that link its impact to the local environments. This includes the coastal ecosystems experiencing erosion, losing tidal flats, increasing the turbidity of the groundwater ozone, and increasing the occurrence of floods and storms. The disruption of the ecosystem not only impacts the environment, but it also contributes to the great economic loss of the region. 

The coastal regions serve a critical role in China as nearly half of the population in China resides in the coastal regions, and more than half of the economic profit is derived from the coastal regions. One of the coastal regions that is being threatened from the sea level rise is the city of Shanghai. Shanghai is known for being one of the wealthiest and most-developed cities in China. 

China is one of the top countries that has a high contribution to the global climate change. China ranks the third place for the emission of the overall greenhouse gasses, and 27 percent of the global carbon dioxide emissions are from China. 

On October 3, 2022, North Korea fired an intermediate-range ballistic missile that flew over Japan for the first time since 2017. 

The intention of this escalation in provocations seems to be an attempt to threaten Tokyo and the U.S. homeland after recent naval drills between U.S. and South Korean forces

According to numerous reports, the launch of the intermediate-range ballistic missile took place from Mupyong-ri in Jagang Province at approximately around 7:23 a.m. local time. Similar to the September 2017 Hwasong-12 test that overflew Japan, this missile flew over 2,850 miles east of Japan and demonstrated its potential of reaching American bases on Guam from Pyongyang. Before landing in the Pacific Ocean, it also reached an altitude of 603 miles and top speed of Mach 17.

The United Nations Security Council has established several major sanctions resolutions on North Korea as a response to the country’s nuclear and missile activities since 2006. However, the regime still continues to disregard meeting those requirements. Within just the year 2022 alone, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his country’s industrial base have launched over 40 missiles of various different types and ranges including both ballistic and cruise missiles. 

The recent missile was most likely the nuclear-capable Hwasong-12 intermediate-range ballistic missile, which was not too long ago discovered as a “new type.”

The Tuesday morning missile test prompted Japan to issue a rare seek shelter alert for its citizens and sent distress towards Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida who strongly condemned the launch, calling it an "outrageous act.” South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol promised a resolute response and U.S. President Biden reaffirmed the United States’ “ironclad” security commitment to the defense of Japan during a phone call with Mr Kishida. On top of that, the U.S. and South Korea conducted a joint attack squadron flight, ran fired precision guided bombing exercises, and also launched their own series of missiles at an uninhabited island in the sea between Korea and China.

There is no immediate comment from Kim Jong Un about the missile test, but the message is evidently clear that he is not pleased with the growing military alliance between the United States, South Korea, and Japan, signaling that he would continue to conduct more provocative tests.

It has already been 7 months since Russia’s War in Ukraine started. There are so many people who died during the war: 5,587 are confirmed dead, and the true number is believed to be in the tens of thousands. The number of refugees has surpassed 6.6 million. Military losses have been heavy on both sides, with about 9,000 Ukrainians and as many as 25,000 Russians said to be killed. Here is an update on the status of Russia’s War in Ukraine, how is going, and  what is happening.

The Pentagon said some Russian forces have crossed from the Kharkiv region back into Russia. “We've seen a number of Russian forces, especially in the northeast, in the Kharkiv region, cross over the border back into Russia as they’ve retreated from the Ukrainian counter-offensive,” Pentagon press secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder told reporters during a briefing Tuesday. But Russian forces still “do exist en masse in Ukraine,” Ryder said. 

Also, The White House said Tuesday that another aid package for Ukraine could be announced soon. John Kirby, the National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications, said he didn't want to "get ahead of future security systems packages," when asked by CNN's Phil Mattingly about more assistance to Ukraine. "I do think you'll see another one here in coming days," Kirby continued. "We're in lockstep with the Ukrainians talking to them every day."Kirby said there were "real-time discussions going on with the Ukrainians about what their military needs are." He added: "Many of the systems that we've been providing in just the last few weeks and couple of months have proven instrumental and effective in the Ukrainians ability to go on the offense and to be actually quite effective on the defense in the last several days and weeks." For the support, President Volodymyr Zelensky acknowledged this week the importance of US assistance to the recent Ukrainian counteroffensive. “We prepared carefully for this. It has taken months of planning. We used reconnaissance and accuracy, we used our allies, especially the United States army, for information on this, and we used Western weapons,” he said.

So for the update for Russia's War in Ukraine, it shows that the Ukraine is successfully defending themselves against Russia, and the United States is supporting Ukraine .