Iraq unveils archaeological park with ancient carvings
Faida, Iraq (AFP) -- Authorities in northern Iraq on Sunday unveiled an "archaeological park" of 2,700-year-old carvings from the rule…
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Environment
Europe heading for warmer-than-average winter: forecaster
Paris, France | AFP | Europe faces a higher-than-usual chance of a cold blast of weather before the end…
2 years ago
Heatwaves will make regions uninhabitable within decades: UN, Red Cross
by Robin MILLARD Agence France Presse Geneva, Switzerland (AFP) -- Heatwaves will become so extreme in certain regions of the…
2 years ago
Whale strandings: Five questions answered
Hobart, Australia (AFP) -- The death of about 200 pilot whales at a Tasmanian beach has renewed questions about what…
2 years ago
As oceans rise, are some nations doomed to vanish?
by Amélie BOTTOLLIER-DEPOIS Agence France Presse United Nations, United States (AFP) -- If rising seas engulf the Maldives and Tuvalu,…
2 years ago
Climate change made 2022 drought ‘at least 20 times likelier’
by Patrick GALEY Agence France Presse Paris, France (AFP)-- Human-caused climate change made this summer's drought across the Northern Hemisphere…
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Australia lists small wallaby, snake among new endangered species
Sydney, Australia (AFP) -- Australia's government vowed to stop plant and animal extinctions Tuesday as it listed the grey snake…
2 years ago
Hurricane Ian dumped 10% more rain due to climate change: research
Paris, France | AFP | by Kelly MACNAMARA Climate change increased the rainfall from Hurricane Ian by more than 10…
2 years ago
Nature’s cleaners: Cyprus returns rare vultures to wild
KORFI, Cyprus (AFP) - With a wingspan as wide as a basketball hoop is tall, it took just a few…
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Swiss glaciers melting away at record rate
by Christophe VOGT / Elodie LE MAOU Agence France Presse Geneva, Switzerland (AFP) -- Switzerland's glaciers lost six percent of…
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