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…
4 years ago
Environment
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…
4 years ago
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…
4 years ago
Fires spike in Brazil’s Amazon, scientists say
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — The number of forest fires in Brazil's Amazon increased sharply in September, figures released…
4 years ago
Treetop protests in Roald Dahl forest against UK rail line
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Environmental campaigners demonstrated on the London streets and in tree-tops in the English countryside on…
4 years ago
Forest fire blazes near Ukraine front line, killing 9
KIEV, Ukraine (AFP) — At least nine people have died and 14 others have been injured in forest fires in…
4 years ago
Cambridge University to scrap fossil fuel investment
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain's Cambridge University on Thursday pledged to stop investing in fossil fuels by 2030, bowing…
4 years ago
Sea level: Greenland ice loss worst in 12,000 years
by Marlowe HOOD Agence France-Presse Ice loss from Greenland's massive ice sheet will cause sea levels to rise more during…
4 years ago
Green shoots: Rooftop farming takes off in Singapore
by Martin Abbugao SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) -- On the rooftop of a Singapore shopping mall, a sprawling patch of eggplants,…
4 years ago
300 million delta dwellers vulnerable to cyclones, flooding
by Marlowe HOOD Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — More than 300 million people in low-lying river deltas, mostly in…
4 years ago
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