Taiwan to ban disposable plastic items by 2030
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) -- Taiwan is planning a blanket ban on single-use plastic items including straws, cups and shopping bags…
6 years ago
Environment
All the wild horses are extinct: study
by Kerry SHERIDAN Agence France-Presse MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- All the world's wild horses have gone extinct, according to…
6 years ago
Large vessels are fishing 55 percent of world’s oceans
by Kerry SHERIDAN Agence France-Presse MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- More than half the world's oceans are being fished by…
6 years ago
Scientists set off to explore new Antarctic ecosystem
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- A team of international scientists led by the British Antarctic Survey set off on Wednesday…
6 years ago
Kin of ‘world’s ugliest animal’ among fish hauled off Australia abyss
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- More than 100 rarely seen fish species were hauled up from a deep and cold abyss…
6 years ago
Coming decades vital for future sea level rise: study
by Marlowe Hood © Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- How quickly humanity draws down the greenhouse gases driving global warming will…
6 years ago
Singapore to impose carbon tax from 2019
SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) -- Singapore said Monday it would impose a carbon tax from next year to cut its greenhouse…
6 years ago
Borneo orangutans dying off as forests are lost: study
MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- The population of orangutans in Borneo has plummeted by more than half since 1999 --…
6 years ago
Shellfish reefs: Australia’s untold environmental disaster
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Virtually all of Australia's shellfish reefs have disappeared, making them the country’s most threatened ocean ecosystem,…
6 years ago
Extreme weather to rise even if Paris goals are met: study
by Kerry Sheridan Agence France Presse MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- The risk of extreme weather such as heat waves,…
6 years ago
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