Tropical forest the size of England destroyed in 2018: report
by Marlowe Hood Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Last year humanity destroyed an expanse of tropical forest…
5 years ago
Environment
China plastic waste ban throws global recycling into chaos
https://youtu.be/wQYMDXZDj-E by Sam Reeves Agence France Presse Jenjarom, Malaysia (AFP) -- Pictures by Mohd Rasfan and Brenton Edwards. Video by…
5 years ago
New York mayor targets classic skyscrapers with Green New Deal
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- Mayor Bill de Blasio marked Earth Day by outlining measures to make New York…
5 years ago
Researchers calculate decades of ‘scary’ Greenland ice melting
by Ivan Couronne WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Measuring melting ice is a fairly precise business in 2019 -- thanks…
5 years ago
Three mountaineers presumed dead in Canada avalanche
https://youtu.be/FX_CP9WFT60 Montreal, Canada (AFP) -- Three world-renowned professional mountaineers -- two Austrians and an American -- were missing and presumed…
5 years ago
Thai cave boy divers explore new tunnel in Vietnam
https://youtu.be/KlwI7Zkpc74 Three divers who helped rescue a Thai football team last year have made a fresh discovery in Vietnam where…
5 years ago
Team in Florida captures huge python using tracking devices
MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- Researchers in Florida using a new approach to combating a destructive invasion by enormous pythons have…
5 years ago
Four-legged prehistoric whale fossil found in Peru
https://youtu.be/kae8eenOZ4k Washington, United States (AFP) -- Paleontologists have found a well-preserved fossil of a four-legged amphibious ancestor of whales, a…
5 years ago
Indonesia eyes komodo dragon island closure to thwart smuggling
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- Indonesia may temporarily shut an island that is home to Komodo dragons in a bid to…
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Canada experiencing warming at twice global level: report
MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) -- Canada is experiencing warming at twice the rate of the rest of the world, with…
5 years ago
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