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Dead fish wash up on riverbank in drought-hit Iraq
Jul 03, 2023 (AFP)
An AFP photographer saw thousands of small fish washed up on the banks of the Amshan river in Majar al-Kabir, an area in Maysan province that borders Iran. The ...
Climate activists block holes on Spanish golf courses over water use
Jul 02, 2023 (AFP)
Activists from Extinction Rebellion (XR) filled in the holes under cover of darkness in Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, the Basque Country, Navarra and the Baleari...
Solomons PM calls for 'review' of Australia defence pact
Jun 29, 2023 (AFP)
Sogavare said after meeting Australia's defence minister that he wanted to re-evaluate a 2017 treaty that underpins security relations. "I have asked for a revi...
Govt mulls rescue of UK's biggest water supplier
Jun 28, 2023 (AFP)
Thames Water could become subject to a temporary renationalisation, media reports said, a day after the unexplained resignation of its chief executive Sarah Ben...
Swiss want moratorium on deep-sea mining
Jun 28, 2023 (AFP)
Bern said deep-sea mining in the area "must be postponed" until protection from the "harmful effects" could be ensured. Switzerland will "support a moratorium o...
This self-driving boat maps underwater terrain
Jun 28, 2023 (SPX)
Researchers at The University of Texas at El Paso have constructed a fully autonomous boat that can carry out bathymetric surveys - surveys of the depth and ter...
Weeks after dam disaster, Ukraine's Kherson lacks drinking water
Jun 28, 2023 (AFP)
The 72-year-old's ground-floor flat was flooded after the destruction of a major dam on the Dnipro River earlier this month. The pensioner and his wife then had...
Every 1C of warming means 15% more extreme rain, researchers say
Jun 28, 2023 (AFP)
Every degree Celsius of warming increases the density of major downpours by 15 percent at elevations above 2,000 metres, they reported in the journal Nature. On...
Study of deep-sea corals reveals ocean currents have not fuelled rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide
Jun 27, 2023 (SPX)
The study, led by the University of Bristol in the UK and Nanjing University in China, examined historic deep-sea corals to shed intriguing new light on the his...
Which is longer, Amazon or Nile? New quest aims to settle old debate
Jun 27, 2023 (AFP)
Using boats run on solar energy and pedal power, an international team of explorers plans to set off in April 2024 to the source of the Amazon in the Peruvian A...
The ship sank. Or did it? Titanic misinformation swirls
Jun 23, 2023 (AFP)
More than a century after it went down in the North Atlantic Ocean, wild myths and urban legends about the luxury liner have continued to swirl, including that ...
Volvic on front line of France's new water fears
Jun 22, 2023 (AFP)
Just down the road from the bottling factory at the foot of the old volcanic hills of central France, streams once powerful enough to drive flour mills are dryi...
A Spectacular Display: The Seasonal Radiance of the North Sea
Jun 22, 2023 (SPX)
This is a phenomenon brought on by the abundance of phytoplankton, a tiny plant-like organism that often floats near the surface of the ocean. The spectacular d...
'Nowhere to run': Islands stress climate risk at finance summit
Jun 21, 2023 (AFP)
The two-day summit in Paris, hosted by France, "is very good news because it fits well with what we are trying to do", Samoa's Fatumanava Pa'olelei Luteru, chai...
Kyiv puts environmental damage from Ukraine dam breach at $1.5 bn
Jun 21, 2023 (AFP)
The breach of the dam on June 6 caused devastating floods in the Kherson region under Russian and Ukrainian control, forcing thousands to flee and sparking fear...
Brazil seizes massive shark fin haul
Jun 20, 2023 (AFP)
Environmental protection agency Ibama estimated around 10,000 shortfin mako and blue sharks were killed to harvest the fins, which are considered a delicacy in ...
Norway announces plans to allow deep-sea mining exploration
Jun 20, 2023 (AFP)
The announcement comes a day after the UN adopted the first international treaty to protect the high seas. Environmentalists are vehemently opposed to seabed mi...
Rescue teams search for missing submersible near Titanic wreck
Jun 20, 2023 (AFP)
One of the passengers has been identified as British businessman Hamish Harding, whose aviation firm had posted on social media about his expedition. Prominent ...
Much still pending on how high seas sanctions will work
Jun 19, 2023 (AFP)
- Unique, fragile areas - The text to be adopted at the United Nations on Monday provides for the creation of marine protected areas in international waters, in...
UN adopts 'historic' high seas treaty
Jun 19, 2023 (AFP)
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres hailed as a "historic achievement" the treaty that will establish a legal framework to extend swathes of environmental protec...
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