Environment

Bulgarians’ patience runs dry over water crisis

by Diana SIMEONOVA / Vessela SERGUEVA Agence France-Presse PERNIK, Bulgaria (AFP) - Forced to "live without water, in the 21st…

Researchers to conduct major Japan ocean microplastics survey

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) - Scientists will begin a two-year survey of microplastics in the coastal waters of Japan from April, a…

Berlin’s panda twins ready for public debut

BERLIN, Germany(AFP) -- Two panda cubs born at Berlin Zoo last year charmed local media on Wednesday, a day before…

Super Rugby to monitor air quality in new season

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) Super Rugby on Wednesday announced it will monitor air quality at venues and cancel games if smoke from…

Glass frogs reappear in Bolivia after 18 years

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AFP) -- A rare species of frog native to the eastern slopes of the Bolivian Andes has…

Red Sea huge source of air pollution, greenhouse gases: study

by Patrick GALEY Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Hydrocarbon gases bubbling from the bottom of the Red Sea are…

Seeds of hope: Young volunteers replant Tunisia forests

  by Caroline Nelly Perrot Agence France-Presse   SILIANA, Tunisia (AFP) - Around 40 young Tunisian volunteers gather on a bare…

Red Sea huge source of air pollution, greenhouse gases: study

by Patrick GALEY Agence France-Presse   Paris, France (AFP) - Hydrocarbon gases bubbling from the bottom of the Red Sea…

French towns, NGOs sue oil giant Total over climate ‘inaction’

Paris, France (AFP) - A group of French cities and advocacy groups said Tuesday they had filed a lawsuit against…

Ladakh’s nomads and the future of pashmina wool

by Noemi CASSANELLI Agence France Presse   KORZOK, India (AFP) --  For centuries the Changpa have tended the shaggy goats…

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