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California surfers terrorized by board-stealing sea otter
Jul 12, 2023 (AFP)
Wildlife authorities in the city of Santa Cruz, about a 90-minute drive south of San Francisco, have actually posted a warning to the public about the creature,...
El Nino spells trouble for vulnerable Galapagos iguana
Jul 12, 2023 (AFP)
The balmy temperature is the first symptom of a new cycle of the El Nino weather phenomenon that periodically pronounces a sentence of starvation on the archipe...
Australia, NZ press China to reveal Solomons policing deal
Jul 12, 2023 (AFP)
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare inked a raft of deals during a trip to Beijing this week, including an agreement allowing China to maintain a p...
Gripes in Grimsby over Brexit fishing failure
Jul 12, 2023 (AFP)
Some 70 percent of people in the town voted for Brexit, hoping that the UK's departure from the European Union would boost its flagging fortunes. But seven year...
Macron rejects NATO office in Japan; Australia, NZ press China on Solomons policing deal
Jul 12, 2023 (AFP)
Spearheaded by the United States, the Western military alliance has looked to step up cooperation with Asia-Pacific democracies as it increasingly casts a wary ...
Drought scuppers salmon fishing season in California
Jul 11, 2023 (AFP)
In happier times, she would head out to sea every morning. But for much of this year, she has remained hopelessly docked, due to a ban on salmon fishing as a re...
China, Solomon Islands ink police cooperation deal
Jul 10, 2023 (AFP)
The "implementation plan" on policing -- effective through 2025 -- was one of nine documents signed on Monday following talks between visiting Prime Minister Ma...
Critical negotiations on deep sea mining kick off in Jamaica
Jul 10, 2023 (AFP)
The International Seabed Authority (ISA) -- a little known intergovernmental body based in Kingston -- and its member states have spent the last decade trying t...
Japan sea sludge tells story of human impact on Earth
Jul 10, 2023 (AFP)
The site is among those being considered for designation as a "golden spike", a location that offers evidence of a new geological epoch defined by our species: ...
Climate change challenges hydropower-dependent Austria
Jul 09, 2023 (AFP)
Austria draws more than 60 percent of its electricity output from the renewable energy source, compared to a global average of 16 percent, with more than 3,100 ...
Giant seaweed blob that threatened Florida has shrunk by 75%
Jul 09, 2023 (UPI)
The Great Atlantic Sargassum Seaweed Belt shrunk by 75% in the last month, researchers from the University of South Florida said. The decrease in the blob's siz...
Startup bets on kitesurf to blow away shipping pollution
Jul 09, 2023 (AFP)
The sector is under fresh pressure to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels as the International Maritime Organization sealed a deal on Friday that raises its emi...
Solomons PM heads to China to tighten ties
Jul 08, 2023 (AFP)
The two countries' expanding ties -- which include a secretive defence pact struck between Beijing and Honiara last year -- have caused consternation among the ...
Underwater mining of high seas inches closer
Jul 07, 2023 (AFP)
States have for ten years been negotiating a mining code to set rules for the possible exploitation of nickel, cobalt and copper in deep seabed areas that fall ...
Climate change, El Nino drive hottest June on record
Jul 06, 2023 (AFP)
The EU monitor Copernicus also said preliminary data showed Tuesday was the hottest day ever recorded -- beating the record set only the day before. It's the la...
Devastation reigns one month on from Ukraine dam flood
Jul 05, 2023 (AFP)
"I've already removed and cleaned a lot of things. Every day, I have to dry things," the 86-year-old told AFP, looking weary under the hot sun. In a green dress...
Top French court says Channel town must give migrants water
Jul 05, 2023 (AFP)
Local authorities in Ouistreham would be subjecting migrants to "inhuman and degrading treatment" unless they build taps, toilets and showers "in the immediate ...
Study trips, livestreamed fish: Japan's Fukushima charm campaign
Jul 05, 2023 (AFP)
The problem is massive: the Fukushima Daiichi plant, where several reactors melted down after the 2011 tsunami overwhelmed cooling systems, generates 100,000 li...
Biggest UK water supplier fined over sewage discharge
Jul 04, 2023 (AFP)
Thames Water, which supplies homes and business throughout London and surrounding areas, pleaded guilty to pumping millions of litres of undiluted sewage into r...
UN warns world to prepare for El Nino impact
Jul 04, 2023 (AFP)
El Nino is a naturally occurring climate pattern typically associated with increased heat worldwide, as well as drought in some parts of the world and heavy rai...
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