Solar-powered barge a key ‘interceptor’ for plastic waste
KLANG, Malaysia (AFP) - Patrick Lee Scooping waste from a Malaysian river to stop it reaching the sea, a solar-powered…
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Climate change linked heatwave caused mass starvation of seabirds
WASHINGTON, D.C., United States (AFP) - Issam AHMED Around a million North Pacific seabirds known as common murres died during…
6 years ago
New UK deep coal mine ‘unnecessary’: Green Alliance
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) - Plans for new deep coal mining projects in Britain are "unnecessary" and incompatible with the…
6 years ago
Sweet! Indian bakers make world’s ‘longest’ cake
THRISSUR, India (AFP) -- It was a record-baking effort. Hundreds of bakers and chefs in southern India came together Wednesday…
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UN warns of ‘much extreme weather’ ahead after hottest decade on record
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) - The past decade has been the hottest on record, the UN said Wednesday, warning that the…
6 years ago
Makeshift koala hospital scrambles to save dozens injured in bushfires
KANGAROO ISLAND, Australia (AFP) - Dozens of injured koalas arrive at the Kangaroo Island Wildlife Park's makeshift animal hospital each…
6 years ago
James Murdoch blasts dad Rupert’s firm over climate ‘denial’
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) - Rupert Murdoch's younger son James has called out his father's media empire for "denial" of…
6 years ago
5,000 feral camels culled in drought-hit Australia
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) - Helicopter-borne marksmen killed more than 5,000 camels in a five-day cull of feral herds that were…
6 years ago
Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon up 85 percent in 2019
BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) - Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in northern Brazil soared 85 percent in 2019, compared with the…
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Oceans were hottest on record in 2019
by Patrick GALEY PARIS, France (AFP) -- The world's oceans were the hottest in recorded history in 2019, scientists said…
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