Half of world’s beaches could vanish by 2100
by Marlowe HOOD PARIS, France (AFP) -- Climate change and sea-level rise are currently on track to wipe out half…
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Trudeau calls for national climate debate in Canada
MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called on Monday for a major national debate involving everyone from industry…
6 years ago
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…
6 years ago
Australia launches national inquiry into bushfires
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australia set up a national inquiry Thursday into its month-long bushfire crisis that affected three…
6 years ago
Locust swarms arrive in South Sudan, threatening more misery
JUBA, South Sudan (AFP) -- Swarms of locusts which are wreaking havoc across East Africa have now arrived in South…
6 years ago
Bumble bee numbers tumble with climate change: study
by Marlowe HOOD PARIS, France (AFP) -- Climate change has contributed to a sharp drop in bumblebee populations across North…
6 years ago
Multiple eco-crises could trigger ‘systemic collapse’: scientists
by Marlowe HOOD Agence France-Presse Paris, France (AFP) — Overlapping environmental crises could tip the planet into "global systemic collapse," more…
6 years ago
Permafrost collapse is speeding climate change: study
by Marlowe HOOD PARIS, France (AFP) -- Permafrost in Canada, Alaska, and Siberia is abruptly crumbling in ways that could…
6 years ago
Australia heatwave renews bushfire worries
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australia was bracing for a heatwave to sweep across the country's fire-ravaged southeast in the coming…
6 years ago
Seeds of hope: Young volunteers replant Tunisia forests
by Caroline Nelly Perrot Agence France-Presse SILIANA, Tunisia (AFP) - Around 40 young Tunisian volunteers gather on a bare…
6 years ago
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…
6 years ago
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…
6 years ago
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