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Last month warmest September on record globally: EU

  by Marlowe HOOD Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Earth's surface was warmer last month than during any…

14 million tons of microplastics on sea floor: Australian study

  SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- The world's sea floor is littered with an estimated 14 million tons of microplastics, broken…

Mental health toll of pandemic ‘devastating’: WHO

by Robin MILLARD Agence France Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The Covid-19 pandemic is having a "devastating impact" on mental…

US-British trio win Nobel Medicine Prize for Hepatitis C discovery

by Pia OHLIN STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AFP) -- Americans Harvey Alter and Charles Rice together with Briton Michael Houghton won the…

Wildfires raze dozens of homes in New Zealand

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) — Wildfires have destroyed up to 50 homes in New Zealand, authorities announced Monday, saying it…

‘Like wolves to Yellowstone’: Tasmanian devils released on Australian mainland

by Holly ROBERTSON Agence France-Presse SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Tasmanian devils have been released into the wild on Australia's mainland…

California wildfires turn beloved Napa wine spots to ash

by Glenn CHAPMAN Agence France-Presse CALISTOGA, California (AFP) — The Silverado Trail has long been a place of dreams for…

Changing economy and climate hit Austria’s Alpine pastures

by Blaise GAUQUELIN Agence France-Presse PERTISAU, Austria (AFP) — With tender care, Sepp Rieser adorns the bulky heads of his reluctant…

Oil exploration up in the air as prices dive

by Benoît PELEGRIN Agence France-Presse The coronavirus pandemic that has slammed oil demand and prices is forcing energy majors to…

Antarctic Peninsula at warmest in decades: study

SANTIAGO Chile (AFP) — The year 2020 is the hottest in the Antarctic Peninsula in the past three decades, a study…

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