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Iran says 25 were arrested during water protests last month
Sep 08, 2022 (AFP)
"During three illegal gathering that took place in Hamadan, 25 people were arrested," the provincial governor was quoted as saying by ISNA news agency. Hundreds...
Fears for rule of law in Kiribati as top judges suspended
Sep 08, 2022 (AFP)
International legal bodies condemned the shock suspension of three remaining court of appeals judges -- apparent retribution for rejecting the government's bid ...
American woman killed by shark while snorkeling in Bahamas
Sep 07, 2022 (AFP)
The 58-year-old woman from the US state of Pennsylvania was attacked Tuesday afternoon in the waters of Green Cay, near the Bahamian capital Nassau, according t...
Drought causes Yangtze to shrink
Sep 06, 2022 (ESA)
The Yangtze is China's most important river, providing water to more than 400 million Chinese people. This summer, it has reached record-low water levels with r...
Global fish stocks can't rebuild if nothing done to halt climate change and overfishing
Sep 06, 2022 (SPX)
Researchers at UBC, the Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions and University of Bern projected the impact that different global temperature increases and ranges o...
Noise affects life on the seafloor
Sep 06, 2022 (SPX)
Invertebrates such as crustaceans, mussels and worms are ecosystem engineers. They continually change the sediment they live in by burrowing, feeding, aerating ...
Solomon Islands PM says to lift ban on foreign navy ships soon
Sep 05, 2022 (AFP)
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare said a review of the makeshift ban was "progressing very well. We do not expect the temporary moratorium to last for a long tim...
Australia, New Zealand exempt from Solomons naval ban
Sep 05, 2022 (AFP)
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare said a review of the makeshift ban was "progressing very well. We do not expect the temporary moratorium to last for a long tim...
Mississippi capital struggles without running water
Sep 03, 2022 (AFP)
The city of Jackson, where 80 percent of the population is Black and poverty is rife, has experienced water crises for years. But this one is particularly sever...
Greenpeace drops boulders on UK seabed to block bottom-trawling fishing
Sep 02, 2022 (AFP)
The environmental campaigners sailed to the western part of the Channel between the UK and France, loaded with the boulders of Portland limestone, each weighing...
Biden announces Pacific Island summit date amid China competition
Sep 02, 2022 (AFP)
Taking place at the White House, the first US-Pacific Island Country summit will advance "a free and open Indo-Pacific," a statement said, employing the veiled ...
Greenpeace drops boulders on UK seabed to curb bottom-trawling fishing
Sep 02, 2022 (AFP)
The environmental campaigners sailed to the western part of the Channel between the UK and France, loaded with the boulders of Portland limestone, each weighing...
Preparing for water scarcity using hybrid desalination technologies
Sep 01, 2022 (SPX)
Seawater desalination technology, which produces fresh water from seawater, could solve the problem of water scarcity. At the Korea Institute of Science and Tec...
Frustrations mount in southern US city without running water
Sep 01, 2022 (AFP)
The city, where 80 percent of the population is Black and poverty is rife, has been experiencing recurring water crises for years. But this week's ordeal plunge...
Solomon Islands foreign navy ban applies to 'all countries'
Aug 31, 2022 (AFP)
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare revealed the ban on Tuesday after news broke that a United States Coast Guard ship was not allowed to refuel at the country's p...
UN forecasts rare 'triple-dip' La Nina climate effect
Aug 31, 2022 (AFP)
La Nina will likely span three consecutive northern hemisphere winters -- southern hemisphere summers -- according to the UN's World Meteorological Organization...
Hydropower dams induce widespread species extinctions across Amazonian forest islands
Aug 30, 2022 (SPX)
Deforestation, habitat loss and fragmentation are linked and are driving the ongoing biodiversity crisis, with hydropower to blame for much of this degradation....
Mississippi declares drinking water emergency for state capital
Aug 30, 2022 (AFP)
Governor Tate Reeves warned residents about the crisis and on Tuesday deployed the National Guard to assist in water distribution throughout the city. The Missi...
Solomon Islands suspends US naval visits: US embassy
Aug 30, 2022 (AFP)
"The United States received formal notification from the Government of Solomon Islands regarding a moratorium on all naval visits, pending updates in protocol p...
Pakistan floods: South Asia's monsoon explained
Aug 29, 2022 (AFP)
AFP explains what the monsoon is, why it is so important and yet so dangerous, and how climate change and other man-made effects may be altering the vast life-g...
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