Himalayan glaciers melting 65 percent faster than previous decade: study
KATHMANDU, June 20, 2023 (AFP) - Himalayan glaciers providing critical water to nearly two billion people are melting faster than…
3 years ago
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UK warned to fix ‘lost decade’ of climate readiness
by Jitendra JOSHI Agence France Presse London, United Kingdom (AFP) After a "lost decade" of minimal planning, Britain must do…
3 years ago
Vienna museum tilts paintings to illustrate climate change threat
Vienna, Austria (AFP) Gustav Klimt's well-known Attersee lake painting tilted by two degrees, Egon Schiele's painting of a tree in…
3 years ago
UN ‘survival guide’ report an urgent warning on climate
Paris, France (AFP) by Marlowe HOOD / Kelly MACNAMARA The world will cross the key 1.5-degree Celsius global warming limit…
3 years ago
Narwhals’ climate-vulnerable winter feeding crucial for survival: study
by Linnea Pedersen Agence France Presse Paris, France (AFP) -- Narwhals are likely more dependent on fat reserves and abundant…
3 years ago
‘Threat multiplier’: How climate change affects health
by Daniel Lawler Agence France Presse Paris, France (AFP) -- Deadlier than Covid, or even rivalling cancer? Researchers have been…
4 years ago
India at 75: Melting glaciers, heatwaves and climate crisis
by Bhuvan BAGGA Agence France Presse India (AFP) -- From prime ministers and millionaires to labourers and ascetics, Hindu faithful…
4 years ago
Receding ice leaves Canada’s polar bears at rising risk
by Marion THIBAUT Agence France Presse Churchill, Canada (AFP)-- Sprawled on rocky ground far from sea ice, a lone Canadian…
4 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…
4 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,…
4 years ago
Climate change at ‘point of no return’: primatologist Goodall
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) - Earth's climate is changing so quickly that humanity is running out of chances to…
4 years ago
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…
4 years ago
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