Environment

Nature bites back: Animals push human boundaries

  The pandemic and climate change is testing as never before the delicate balance of human co-habitation with the natural…

‘No time to waste’ warns Japan climate activist

by Natsuko FUKUE Agence France-Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) - Kimiko Hirata has spent nearly half her life fighting to wean…

Indonesian women take on plastic waste brick by brick

by Agnes ANYA JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- Alarmed by the mountains of plastic waste leaching into Indonesia's waters, two best…

Drought-hit California scales up plan to truck salmon to ocean

by Laurent BANGUET OROVILLE, United States (AFP) -- With chronic drought drying up rivers earlier than usual this year, California…

Insect pest eats into Lebanon’s ‘white gold’ pine nut trade

by Layal Abou Rahal QSAYBEH, Lebanon (AFP) -- The scenic region of Mount Lebanon has long produced pine seed, a…

Arctic sea ice thinning faster than expected, new study shows

by Joe JACKSON LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Sea ice in the Arctic's coastal regions may be thinning up to…

Global warming blamed for 1 in 3 heat-related deaths

by Marlowe HOOD PARIS, France (AFP) -- More than a third of summer heat-related fatalities are due to climate change,…

New Yorkers enjoy new park floating on Hudson River

by Laura BONILLA NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- A new public park skimming the surface of the Hudson River…

99 of 100 cities most at risk environmentally in Asia

  by Marlowe HOOD Agence France Presse Of the 100 cities worldwide most vulnerable to environmental hazards all but one…

Deforestation of Brazilian Amazon hits record in April

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon hit a record last month, the government reported Friday…

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