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Chinese Premier Li starts New Zealand, Australia visits
Jun 13, 2024 (AFP)
Second only to President Xi Jinping in China's political hierarchy, Li is the most senior figure to arrive on official business in either nation since 2017. Ove...
Rural India runs dry as thirsty megacity Mumbai sucks water
Jun 13, 2024 (AFP)
"The people in Mumbai drink our water but no one there, including the government, pays attention to us or our demands," said Sunita Pandurang Satgir, carrying a...
Colombian underwater 'art gallery' serves as coral home
Jun 12, 2024 (AFP)
Created by potters Hugo Osorio and Pedro Fuentes, 25 figures so far form a sort of artificial reef in the blue waters around the paradisiacal Isla Fuerte, off t...
From swamp to sponge: Berlin harnesses rain in climate shift
Jun 12, 2024 (AFP)
Once a swamp centuries ago, Berlin has gone from a city trying to keep its abundant groundwater from overflowing to one scrambling to keep its forests green. "B...
Underwater gardeners plant eelgrass to save 'dead' Danish fjord
Jun 12, 2024 (AFP)
Denmark generally has a strong track record on environmental issues, but only five of its 109 coastal zones are considered healthy, according to the Danish Envi...
China Premier Li to visit New Zealand 'this week': NZ PM
Jun 10, 2024 (AFP)
Li will be the first Chinese premier to visit New Zealand since 2017, embarking on a trip that is widely tipped to also take him to Australia. China is New Zeal...
Oceanic 'peace' pact signed in Costa Rica ahead of 2025 UN talks
Jun 09, 2024 (AFP)
Among the signatories were Germany, Spain, Sweden, Canada, Colombia, Chile, Israel and South Korea, as well as Costa Rica and France, co-hosts of the third UN O...
Aquaculture overtakes wild fisheries for first time: UN report
Jun 07, 2024 (AFP)
With global demand for aquatic foods expected to keep growing, an increase in sustainable production is vital to ensure healthy diets, the United Nations's Food...
Chile's lithium dreams raise water concerns in the desert
Jun 06, 2024 (AFP)
Chile is seeking to retake its position as the world's top lithium producer, but environmentalists fear extraction in the Atacama desert will harm fragile ecosy...
Extreme water rationing for Canadian city after pipe burst
Jun 06, 2024 (AFP)
A "critical water supply alert" was issued to mobile phones and to broadcasters, warning that water levels had "reached a critical state" affecting the city's a...
Russian strikes and filthy water: A year after Ukraine dam blast
Jun 06, 2024 (AFP)
"Nowhere to live, no water," she said, summarising the day-to-day in her village of Novovorontsovka, which faces regular Russian bombardments and is still suffe...
Australia woos Solomon Islands after pro-China PM's exit
Jun 06, 2024 (AFP)
Foreign Minister Penny Wong arrived in Honiara for talks with new Solomon Islands premier Jeremiah Manele, who replaced pro-Beijing leader Manasseh Sogavare ear...
Endangered zebra sharks hatch in Indonesia rewilding project
Jun 05, 2024 (AFP)
The two female hatchlings born in Indonesia are part of a unique programme that hopes to rebuild the population of the endangered species in the Raja Ampat regi...
'Critical' lack of clean water stalks flood-hit Afghanistan
Jun 05, 2024 (AFP)
"The wells are full of mud," said Nawroz, a resident of Dasht-e Fulool in Baghlan province, one of the hardest hit by flash flooding in early May. Families in t...
'Life goes on' - Panama islanders relocated as sea level rises
Jun 05, 2024 (AFP)
Lopez is one of 1,200 Indigenous residents of the island being relocated to the mainland, as sea level rise due to global warming threatens to permanently devou...
Strategies to Sustain the Aral Sea: Adapting to Anthropogenic Landscapes
Jun 05, 2024 (SPX)
"The Aral Sea, originating at the end of the Neogene Period and fed by the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers with meltwater from the Tianshan Mountains, was once t...
Nature reborn a year after Ukraine dam blast
Jun 05, 2024 (AFP)
"All this vegetation was absent before the dam exploded," Khodosovtsev said of the remarkable recovery in greenery now surrounding him in Kherson, the southern ...
BAE Systems chosen to develop ocean color instrument for NOAA's GeoXO constellation
May 31, 2024 (SPX)
GeoXO aims to expand and improve upon observations from NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites-R series (GOES-R). The new constellation is sc...
Vulnerable island states adopt 10-year development plan
May 31, 2024 (AFP)
"It is the beginning of a 10-year sprint. And I hope that there'll be no brakes that will be put on the SIDS," UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said, ...
Researchers hope to learn more about carbon levels on ocean surface with $2M investment
May 30, 2024 (UPI)
The funding is expected to improve scientists' ability to forecast carbon dioxide levels on the ocean's surface and the surrounding atmosphere. The administrati...
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