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Millions of insects migrate through 30-metre Pyrenees pass
Millions of insects migrate through 30-metre Pyrenees passScience

Millions of insects migrate through 30-metre Pyrenees pass

By Alex Morrison, University of Exeter Over 17 million insects migrate each year through a single mountain pass on the border between France and Spain,…
SourceSourceJune 14, 2024 Full article
North Macedonia’s beekeepers face climate change challenge
North Macedonia’s beekeepers face climate change challengeClimateNews

North Macedonia’s beekeepers face climate change challenge

By Darko DURIDANSKI | AFP Tetovo, Republic Of North Macedonia - Every day, Magda Miloseska dons a white, protective suit and enters the domain of…
SourceSourceJune 14, 2024 Full article
Gray whales shrinking fast as climate warms
Gray whales shrinking fast as climate warmsClimateNews

Gray whales shrinking fast as climate warms

By Issam AHMED | AFP Washington, United States - Pacific coast gray whales have shrunk in length an astonishing 13 percent since 2000, adding to…
SourceSourceJune 13, 2024 Full article
Low-Cost Sensors: A Game Changer for Global Air Quality Monitoring and people’s health
Low-Cost Sensors: A Game Changer for Global Air Quality Monitoring and people’s healthNews

Low-Cost Sensors: A Game Changer for Global Air Quality Monitoring and people’s health

In a bid to address the growing concerns over air pollution's impact on health and the environment, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has unveiled a…
Adrian AlexandreAdrian AlexandreJune 13, 2024 Full article
Polar bears could vanish from Canada’s Hudson Bay if temperatures rise 2C
Polar bears could vanish from Canada’s Hudson Bay if temperatures rise 2CClimateNews

Polar bears could vanish from Canada’s Hudson Bay if temperatures rise 2C

By Nick Perry | AFP Paris, France - An international team of scientists said Thursday that polar bears faced local extinction in Canada's Hudson Bay…
SourceSourceJune 13, 2024 Full article
Humans are the elephant in the room where conservation is debated
Humans are the elephant in the room where conservation is debatedScience

Humans are the elephant in the room where conservation is debated

By Sue Nichols | Michigan State University Studies working to map conservation historically have left humans out of the equation. This study proposes ways to…
SourceSourceJune 13, 2024 Full article
Cocaine trafficking threatens critical bird habitats
Cocaine trafficking threatens critical bird habitatsScience

Cocaine trafficking threatens critical bird habitats

By Pat Leonard Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Cornell University In addition to its human consequences, cocaine trafficking harms the environment and threatens habitats important…
SourceSourceJune 13, 2024 Full article
Specialist and migratory birds at greater risk under climate change
Specialist and migratory birds at greater risk under climate changeClimate

Specialist and migratory birds at greater risk under climate change

By Lauren Quinn, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Following decades of decline, even fewer birds will darken North American skies by the end of the century,…
SourceSourceJune 12, 2024 Full article
IEA sees ‘major’ oil supply surplus emerging by 2030
IEA sees ‘major’ oil supply surplus emerging by 2030News

IEA sees ‘major’ oil supply surplus emerging by 2030

Paris, France (AFP) - The world is likely to have a "major surplus" of oil by 2030 as production is ramped up while the clean…
SourceSourceJune 12, 2024 Full article
Athens Acropolis to close during hottest hours Wednesday amid heatwave
Athens Acropolis to close during hottest hours Wednesday amid heatwaveNews

Athens Acropolis to close during hottest hours Wednesday amid heatwave

Athens, Greece (AFP) - The Athens Acropolis, Greece's most visited tourist site, will close to the public during the hottest hours of Wednesday as a…
SourceSourceJune 12, 2024 Full article
Climate misinformation overshadows record floods worldwide
Climate misinformation overshadows record floods worldwideClimateNews

Climate misinformation overshadows record floods worldwide

By Manon JACOB | AFP Washington, United States - Climate skeptics are scapegoating a weather modification technique known as cloud seeding to deny the role…
SourceSourceJune 11, 2024 Full article
Iceland grants whaling license for 2024 season: govt
Iceland grants whaling license for 2024 season: govtNews

Iceland grants whaling license for 2024 season: govt

Reykjavik, Iceland (AFP) - Iceland's government said Tuesday that it had granted a license to hunt 128 fin whales for the country's sole whaler amid…
SourceSourceJune 11, 2024 Full article
North China bakes under searing heatwave
North China bakes under searing heatwaveNews

North China bakes under searing heatwave

By Matthew WALSH | AFP Beijing, China - An extreme heat warning was in place in Beijing on Tuesday, with temperatures soaring across northern China…
SourceSourceJune 11, 2024 Full article
Dengue, mosquito-borne diseases rising in Europe: EU agency
Dengue, mosquito-borne diseases rising in Europe: EU agencyNews

Dengue, mosquito-borne diseases rising in Europe: EU agency

Stockholm, Sweden (AFP) - Cases of dengue and other mosquito-borne diseases are rising significantly in Europe as climate change creates warmer conditions that help invasive…
SourceSourceJune 11, 2024 Full article
Climate change widening Asia’s education gap
Climate change widening Asia’s education gapClimate

Climate change widening Asia’s education gap

By Ranjit Devraj, SciDev.Net As temperatures in India’s national capital region hovered above a scorching 47 degrees Celsius in mid-May, authorities ordered the closure of…
SourceSourceJune 11, 2024 Full article
EU puts digital Earth in orbit for climate-change fight
EU puts digital Earth in orbit for climate-change fightClimateNews

EU puts digital Earth in orbit for climate-change fight

Helsinki, Finland (AFP) - A software model of Earth, meant to simulate and monitor environmental hazards while findings ways to mitigate climate change, began its…
SourceSourceJune 10, 2024 Full article
Civil Society Organizations Unveil “Principles for a Fair JETP” Framework Ahead of G7 Summit
Civil Society Organizations Unveil “Principles for a Fair JETP” Framework Ahead of G7 SummitClimateNews

Civil Society Organizations Unveil “Principles for a Fair JETP” Framework Ahead of G7 Summit

A coalition of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) from South Africa, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Senegal has launched the 'Principles for a Fair Just Energy Transition Partnership…
Adrian AlexandreAdrian AlexandreJune 10, 2024 Full article
Air pollution linked to 135 million premature deaths: study
Air pollution linked to 135 million premature deaths: studyNews

Air pollution linked to 135 million premature deaths: study

Singapore, Singapore (AFP) - Pollution from man-made emissions and other sources like wildfires have been linked to around 135 million premature deaths worldwide between 1980…
SourceSourceJune 10, 2024 Full article
Swiss approve law boosting renewable energy generation
Swiss approve law boosting renewable energy generationNews

Swiss approve law boosting renewable energy generation

By Agnes PEDRERO | AFP Geneva, Switzerland - Switzerland approved a law on Sunday aimed at accelerating the development of renewable energies, as part of…
SourceSourceJune 9, 2024 Full article
Oceanic ‘peace’ pact signed in Costa Rica ahead of 2025 UN talks
Oceanic ‘peace’ pact signed in Costa Rica ahead of 2025 UN talksNews

Oceanic ‘peace’ pact signed in Costa Rica ahead of 2025 UN talks

By Alberto PEÑA | AFP San José, Costa Rica - Over two dozen countries signed a wishful "declaration of peace with the ocean" on Saturday…
SourceSourceJune 9, 2024 Full article
New Zealand to end ban on oil and gas exploration
New Zealand to end ban on oil and gas explorationNews

New Zealand to end ban on oil and gas exploration

Wellington, New Zealand (AFP) - New Zealand's government said Sunday it plans to reverse a five-year-old ban on new oil and gas exploration, igniting a…
SourceSourceJune 9, 2024 Full article
Aquaculture overtakes wild fisheries for first time: UN report
Aquaculture overtakes wild fisheries for first time: UN reportNews

Aquaculture overtakes wild fisheries for first time: UN report

By Alberto PEÑA | AFP San José, Costa Rica - Aquaculture is playing an increasingly important role in meeting the world's food needs, surpassing wild…
SourceSourceJune 7, 2024 Full article
COP29 climate hosts say they’ll keep expanding fossil fuels
COP29 climate hosts say they’ll keep expanding fossil fuelsNews

COP29 climate hosts say they’ll keep expanding fossil fuels

By Nick Perry | AFP Bonn, Germany - The incoming president of the COP29 UN climate summit in Azerbaijan told AFP on Friday that his…
SourceSourceJune 7, 2024 Full article