Environment

Micro-pollution ravaging China and South Asia: study

by Marlowe HOOD PARIS, France (AFP) -- Nearly 90 percent of the 200 cities beset by the world's highest levels…

China ‘comprehensively’ bans illegal wildlife trade

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China on Monday declared an immediate and "comprehensive" ban on the trade and consumption of wild…

After backing HS2 rail, Johnson mulls Heathrow runway

By Ben PERRY Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Having backed Britain's proposed high-speed railway HS2, Boris Johnson is under…

How climate change reduced the flow of the Colorado River

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The massive Colorado River, which provides water for seven US states, has seen its flow…

Uganda army fights voracious desert locusts

By Michael O'HAGAN Agence France-Presse OTUKE, Uganda (AFP) — Under a warm morning sun scores of weary soldiers stare as millions…

Mussels ‘cooked alive’ in balmy New Zealand ocean

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) — Up to half a million mussels were effectively cooked in the wild in unusually balmy waters…

Bezos launches $10 billion fund to combat climate change

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- His company is often criticized for its environmental record, but Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon…

Flight of fancy? Aviation industry tries to go green

by Catherine Lai and Sam REEVES SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) -- From an emissions-reducing model jet that looks like something from…

Jellyfish hurl venom ‘grenades’ to snare prey

PARIS, France (AFP) -- A species of jellyfish hunts its prey by hurling venom grenades to create "stinging water", researchers…

In Norway, bottles made of plastic are still fantastic

By Pierre-Henry DESHAYES Agence France-Presse FETSUND, Norway (AFP) — One at a time, the elderly lady places her empties into the…

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