Submerged homes, heat waves fuel Mexico climate angstNews
Submerged homes, heat waves fuel Mexico climate angst
By Yussel Gonzalez | AFP El Bosque, Mexico - Waves wash over abandoned homes in a Mexican village slowly being swallowed by the sea --…
SourceMay 28, 2024
Full articlePhilippines deploys river rangers in battle against plasticNews
Philippines deploys river rangers in battle against plastic
Manila, Philippines | AFP - Using a long-handled net, Ronnel Narvas scoops up discarded plastic soft drink bottles, shopping bags and palm-sized sachets as he…
SourceMay 28, 2024
Full articleBrazil’s new Petrobras chief calls to speed up oil explorationNews
Brazil’s new Petrobras chief calls to speed up oil exploration
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil | AFP - The new boss of Brazil's Petrobras said Monday it was crucial that the state-run company "accelerate" oil exploration,…
SourceMay 28, 2024
Full articleHow politics and climate could affect the Antarctic TreatyClimate
How politics and climate could affect the Antarctic Treaty
By By Shirley Scott, UNSW in Canberra | 360info The Antarctic Treaty System has long been hailed as an example of successful international cooperation. But could that…
SourceMay 27, 2024
Full articleFrance’s historic D-Day beaches threatened by rising sea levelsNews
France’s historic D-Day beaches threatened by rising sea levels
By Matthieu CLAVEL | AFP Caen, France - As France prepares to mark 80 years since Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy, the…
SourceMay 27, 2024
Full articleEurope’s water contamined by PFAS chemical: NGOsNews
Europe’s water contamined by PFAS chemical: NGOs
Paris, France | AFP - Europe's rivers, lakes and groundwater are riddled with "alarming" levels of a persistent man-made 'forever chemical' linked to synthetic pesticides,…
SourceMay 27, 2024
Full articleGas strategy fuels concerns about the cost of energyClimate
Gas strategy fuels concerns about the cost of energy
By Dani Alexander, UNSW in Sydney The Australian government's gas strategy has stoked old tensions between advocates of fossil fuels and those who want our reliance on…
SourceMay 25, 2024
Full articleLow-lying Maldives seeks easier funding to battle wavesNews
Low-lying Maldives seeks easier funding to battle waves
Malé, Maldives (AFP) - The Maldives on Saturday demanded international funding to battle rising sea levels, saying the low-lying Indian Ocean archipelago was being unfairly…
SourceMay 25, 2024
Full articleMexico heat waves leave 48 dead since MarchNews
Mexico heat waves leave 48 dead since March
Mexico City, Mexico (AFP) - Mexico has registered 48 deaths in a series of heat waves since March, the government said Friday, as scientists warned…
SourceMay 24, 2024
Full articleCelebrations as new biopiracy treaty agreed at UNNews
Celebrations as new biopiracy treaty agreed at UN
By Agnès PEDRERO | AFP Geneva, Switzerland - Representatives of Indigenous peoples celebrated Friday at the United Nations following the agreement of a treaty against…
SourceMay 24, 2024
Full articleAgreement reached at UN on biopiracy treatyNews
Agreement reached at UN on biopiracy treaty
By Agnès PEDRERO | AFP Geneva, Switzerland - More than 190 nations agreed Friday on a new treaty to combat so-called biopiracy and regulate patents…
SourceMay 24, 2024
Full articleWhat Australia’s new gas strategy gets wrongClimate
What Australia’s new gas strategy gets wrong
By Samantha Hepburn, Deakin University in Melbourne Australia’s gas future must involve energy security and climate security. The new government strategy fails to strike this…
SourceMay 24, 2024
Full articleCulling controversy as French wolf population falls in 2023News
Culling controversy as French wolf population falls in 2023
By Laure FILLON | AFP Lyon, France - The estimated number of wolves in France last year was 1,003, down nine percent from the year…
SourceMay 23, 2024
Full articleUncertainty clouds UN talks on biopiracy treatyNews
Uncertainty clouds UN talks on biopiracy treaty
By Agnès PEDRERO | AFP Geneva, Switzerland - UN talks to create a global treaty to combat biopiracy and the exploitation of genetic resources hung…
SourceMay 23, 2024
Full articleIndia plans ‘historic’ tiger transfer to Cambodia this yearNews
India plans ‘historic’ tiger transfer to Cambodia this year
Phnom Penh, Cambodia (AFP) - India will send four tigers to Cambodia this year in a "historic" bid to revive the kingdom's big cat population,…
SourceMay 23, 2024
Full articleWWF takes Norway to court over deep sea miningNews
WWF takes Norway to court over deep sea mining
Oslo, Norway (AFP) - The World Wide Fund for Nature's (WWF) Norwegian chapter said Thursday it would take legal action against Norway for opening up…
SourceMay 23, 2024
Full articleFlower or power? Campaigners fear lithium mine could kill rare plantNews
Flower or power? Campaigners fear lithium mine could kill rare plant
By Romain FONSEGRIVES | AFP United States - Delicate pink buds sway in the desert breeze, pregnant with yellow pompoms whose explosion will carpet the…
SourceMay 23, 2024
Full articleBottled water is full of microplastics. Is it still ‘natural’?Climate
Bottled water is full of microplastics. Is it still ‘natural’?
By Joseph Winters | Grist Is bottled water really “natural” if it’s contaminated with microplastics? A series of lawsuits recently filed against six bottled water…
SourceMay 22, 2024
Full articleShell faces shareholder revolt over climate strategyNews
Shell faces shareholder revolt over climate strategy
London, United Kingdom (AFP) - More than a fifth of Shell investors have revolted against its climate strategy in a key vote, the British energy…
SourceMay 21, 2024
Full articleDemise of rangelands ‘severely underestimated’: reportNews
Demise of rangelands ‘severely underestimated’: report
By Nick Perry | AFP Paris, France - From camel drivers in the Sahara to nomads on the Mongolian steppe, traditional herders the world over…
SourceMay 21, 2024
Full articleTrees please me, but we also need biodiversity in our citiesNews
Trees please me, but we also need biodiversity in our cities
By Sarah Bekessy, RMIT University in Melbourne Increasing the amount of nature in our cities can provide many benefits as long as it's done with biodiversity in…
SourceMay 20, 2024
Full articleClimate change key driver of record-low Antarctic sea ice: studyNews
Climate change key driver of record-low Antarctic sea ice: study
By Linda GIVETASH | AFP Paris, France - Climate change played a key role in last year's record-low levels of Antarctic sea ice, a study…
SourceMay 20, 2024
Full articleFinding Where the Grass is GreenerScience
Finding Where the Grass is Greener
By Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo Researchers at the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, enhance land surface maps to…
SourceMay 19, 2024
Full articleCancer drug pollution is a growing global concernClimate
Cancer drug pollution is a growing global concern
By Valérie S. Langlois and Diana Castañeda-Cortés | The Conversation As incidence of cancer increases globally, the use of cancer drugs is also growing at…
SourceMay 18, 2024
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