climate change

Great Barrier Reef suffers worst-ever coral bleaching: scientists

BRISBANE, Australia (AFP) -- Australia's Great Barrier Reef has suffered its most widespread coral bleaching on record, scientists said Tuesday…

March 2020 among hottest on record: EU

PARIS, France (AFP) -- Temperatures last month were among the hottest on record for March, the European Union's satellite monitoring…

Australian summers grow longer due to climate change: study

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australian summers are lengthening by a month or more while winters are getting shorter due to climate…

How climate change reduced the flow of the Colorado River

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The massive Colorado River, which provides water for seven US states, has seen its flow…

Bezos launches $10 billion fund to combat climate change

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- His company is often criticized for its environmental record, but Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon…

Oil: what the global giants are promising over climate change

by Jean-Baptiste OUBRIER LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Energy firm BP's pledge on Wednesday to achieve "net zero" carbon emissions…

Record heat forecast for coming years

by Patrick GALEY Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- The coming five years are anticipated to be warmest period on record,…

G20 funds fossil fuels $30 billon a year under the radar: analysis

  by Patrick GALEY Agence France-Presse   PARIS, France (AFP) -- Rich nations are funneling cash through government-backed financial institutions to…

Red Sea huge source of air pollution, greenhouse gases: study

by Patrick GALEY Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Hydrocarbon gases bubbling from the bottom of the Red Sea are…

Brazil region swept by floods and record rains faces muddy desolation

SABARÁ, Brazil (AFP) - Valeria PACHECO Elaine Almeida looked at her aunt's ruined house in Sabará, a town in a southeastern…

Ladakh’s nomads and the future of pashmina wool

by Noemi CASSANELLI Agence France Presse   KORZOK, India (AFP) --  For centuries the Changpa have tended the shaggy goats…

‘What use is wealth if it burns?’ Britain’s Prince Charles sounds climate alarm

DAVOS, Switzerland (AFP) - Stuart WILLIAMS Britain's Prince Charles on Wednesday told business leaders at the Davos economic forum that…

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