1.5C warming cap could ‘halve’ sea level rise from melting ice
by Patrick GALEY PARIS, France (AFP) -- Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius could halve how much sea levels…
3 years ago
Environment
S. Africa to ban breeding lions in captivity for hunting
by Susan NJANJI PRETORIA, South Africa (AFP) -- South Africa on Sunday revealed plans to ban the breeding of lions…
3 years ago
Glacier melt is speeding up, raising seas: global study
by Patrick GALEY PARIS, France (AFP) -- Nearly all of the world's glaciers are losing mass at an ever increasing…
3 years ago
Wall of sand engulfs Chinese town
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- A towering wall of sand rushed over factories and apartment blocks in northwestern China's Gansu province…
3 years ago
A whale chorus reveals how climate change may be shifting migration
by Sara HUSSEIN TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Eerie wails, explosive trumpets and ghostly moans. The sounds from the underwater recorders…
3 years ago
Extreme melt reduced Greenland ice sheet storage: study
by Patrick GALEY PARIS, France (AFP) -- The vast melting of Greenland's ice sheet caused by unusually high temperatures in…
3 years ago
Elephants ‘trample’ rhino poacher to death in S. African park
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) -- Breeding elephants trampled a suspected rhino poacher to death at the weekend in South…
3 years ago
Noise pollution poses long-term risk to trees: study
by Patrick GALEY Agence France Presse Noise pollution poses a long-term risk to tree populations and plant diversity that…
3 years ago
Past ice melts may have caused seas to rise 10 times faster than today: study
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Ice sheet melting at the end of the last ice age may have caused sea…
3 years ago
Cities worldwide dim lights to mark Earth Hour
By Agence France Presse From Singapore to Buenos Aires, cities around the world turned off their lights Saturday to…
3 years ago
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