Heavy air pollution shuts schools in Iran
by Siavosh Ghazi Agence France Presse TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) -- Iran shut schools around Tehran Sunday and cancelled sporting events…
6 years ago
Environment
Pangolin traffickers opening up new routes: study
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) -- Pangolin smugglers are constantly opening up new routes to evade law enforcement agencies, a study…
6 years ago
Global, Asian heat waves in 2016 due purely to climate change: study
by Kerry Sheridan Agence France Presse MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- Last year's global heat record, extreme heat in Asia…
6 years ago
Ticked off: Tiny ‘dracula’ with a taste for dino blood
by Mariëtte Le Roux Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Dinosaurs, the most fearsome creatures ever to walk the Earth,…
6 years ago
Warming Arctic is ‘new normal,’ will affect us all: report
by Kerry SHERIDAN Agence France Presse MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- A rapidly warming Arctic, where temperatures are rising twice…
6 years ago
World’s space agencies propose setting up climate observatory
PARIS, France (AFP) -- The heads of several of the world's space agencies have proposed the creation of a climate observatory to…
6 years ago
France caught in war with wolves
by Marie Wolfrom Agence France Presse SEDERON, France (AFP) -- Furtive, wily and the animal of fairy tales, wolves fascinate…
6 years ago
Marine conservationists raise alarm on plastic waste threat
MALINDI, Kenya (AFP) -- Conservationists in the Kenyan town of Watumu are seeking the help of local residents to try…
6 years ago
World’s nations adopt plan ‘towards a pollution-free planet’
by Mariëtte Le Roux Agence France Presse NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) -- The world's nations vowed Wednesday to curb plastic and…
6 years ago
Climate change: can hummingbirds take the heat?
by Marlowe HOOD Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Extreme heat sometimes forces hummingbirds to seek shade instead of…
6 years ago
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