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Crunch UN biodiversity meeting seeks to save 'planet in crisis'
Dec 01, 2022 (AFP)
The meeting follows crucial climate change talks in Egypt in November, where leaders failed to forge any breakthroughs on scaling down fossil fuels and slashing...
UN climate talks go into overtime
Nov 18, 2022 (AFP)
Representatives from nearly 200 countries have gathered at the COP27 in Egypt for two weeks with the aim of driving forward action on climate change as the worl...
Thinning Greenland ice sheet may mean more sea level rise: study
Nov 09, 2022 (AFP)
The findings pertain to a northeast section of the giant ice block covering, but the trend is likely happening elsewhere on Greenland and Earth's other ice shee...
After the floods, a wave of disease plagues Pakistan
Oct 07, 2022 (AFP)
Four months after the start of record monsoon rains linked to climate change, the standing water has curdled into a pestilent soup breeding malaria, cholera and...
Tongans warned of acid rain after volcanic eruption
Dec 22, 2021 (AFP)
The remote Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano erupted Monday, sending plumes 18 kilometres (11 miles) into the air, Tonga Geological Services (TGS) said. Police ...
Volcano lava flow halts but many confined over toxic gas fears
Sep 27, 2021 (AFP)
La Cumbre Vieja, which straddles a southern ridge in La Palma in the Atlantic archipelago, erupted on September 19, spewing out rivers of lava which have slowly...
Grace makes landfall in Mexico as major hurricane
Aug 21, 2021 (AFP)
The storm made landfall near Tecolutla in Veracruz state, clocking maximum sustained winds of 125 miles (200 kilometers) per hour, according to the US National ...
In Spain, Iberian lynx claws back from brink of extinction
Jul 28, 2021 (AFP)
The El Acebuche breeding centre at the Donana National Park, home to one of Europe's largest wetlands, is one of five breeding sites set up in the 2000s to boos...
Russian mining giant agrees to pay $2bn pollution fine
Feb 19, 2021 (AFP)
More than 20,000 tonnes of diesel leaked into lakes and rivers near the city of Norilsk in May last year when a fuel reservoir collapsed at a power plant owned ...
Dead whale washes up on Israeli shore after storm
Feb 19, 2021 (AFP)
Powerful winds and unusually high waves pummelled Israel's entire Mediterranean coastline over Tuesday and Wednesday, with tonnes of tar staining beaches from R...
Accounting for carbon footprint changes view of human progress: UN agency
Dec 15, 2020 (AFP)
The report presents world leaders with a choice: take "bold steps to reduce the immense pressure that is being exerted on the environment and the natural world,...
'Extremely dangerous' Hurricane Laura makes landfall in US
Aug 27, 2020 (AFP)
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) said "extremely dangerous" Laura would bring winds of 150 miles per hour (240 kilometers per hour) and flash flooding to Lou...
Dakar petitions for 'Central Park' to stem concrete sprawl
Mar 12, 2020 (AFP)
Seen from above, the coastal city is a sea of monochrome-sand colour, with almost no green spaces. Marketing graduate Mamadou Sakho, 34, started a petition in J...
Monsanto's responsibility at the center of Roundup trial phase 2
Mar 20, 2019 (AFP)
"It's not a popularity contest," the company's lawyer told the jury Wednesday as phase two of the trial began, or a question of "do you like Monsanto or not." B...
Indonesia flood, landslide death toll rises to 26
Jan 24, 2019 (AFP)
Thousands have been evacuated from their homes as heavy rain and strong winds pounded the southern part of Sulawesi island, swelling rivers that burst their ban...
Cyclone batters east India coastline
Nov 16, 2018 (AFP)
Winds packing up to 120 kilometres (75 miles) per hour battered Tamil Nadu state as the storm hit the coast near Nagapattinam early Friday bringing heavy rains,...
Kilauea: Volatile home of Hawaii's volcano goddess
May 04, 2018 (AFP)
Perched in the south east corner, it is one of five volcanoes that make up Hawaii's Big Island, and the home of Pele -- the goddess of fire and mythological cre...
World's carbon emissions on the rise again: IEA
Mar 22, 2018 (AFP)
Strong economic growth pushed global energy demand up by 2.1 percent last year, the Paris-based IEA said in a report. Some 70 percent of those additional needs ...
Romeo the lonesome frog is feelin' the love
Feb 17, 2018 (AFP)
A campaign to raise $15,000 by Valentine's Day to fund a search for Romeo's Juliet before he croaks generated $25,000, an environmental group said. Romeo is the...
VW hit by new investor lawsuits in Germany, claims top 5 bn euros
Mar 17, 2016 (AFP)
More Volkswagen shareholders came forward Thursday to sue the German automobile giant over its emissions-cheating scandal, bringing total damages sought so far ...
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