Environment

Surviving bleached Barrier Reef coral ‘more resilient to heat’

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Corals on Australia's Great Barrier Reef that survived bleaching from rising sea temperatures were more resistant…

Thousands march for climate in Paris despite ‘yellow vest’ unrest

Paris, France | AFP | Up to 25,000 people marched through Paris on Saturday urging greater action on climate change, despite fears that their…

Ice is a lifeline for the world’s coldest region

by Maria ANTONOVA Agence France-Presse OY, Russia (AFP) -- Innokenty Tobonov sinks his harpoon into a long block of ice…

“School Inside A Garden” program, bubuhayin ng DepEd

(Eagle News) -- Nais buhayin ng Department of Education (DepEd) ang programang “School Inside A Garden (SIGA) program. Ayon kay…

Nepal attempts record with a Dead Sea of plastic bags

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AFP) -- Young Nepalis created a map of the Dead Sea with used plastic bags Wednesday in a…

Earth needs climate ‘reality check’, space pioneer warns

KATOWICE, Poland (AFP) -- The world needs a "reality check" on the threat posed by climate change, NASA astronaut Mae…

‘Migrant’ monarch butterflies arrive in Mexico for winter

OCAMPO, Mexico (AFP) -- Every year, millions of North America's endangered migratory monarch butterflies embark on a 4,000-kilometer (2,500-mile) journey…

India pollution watchdog fines Delhi over toxic smog

  NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- India's environmental watchdog has slapped New Delhi's government with a $3.5 million fine for…

Disappearing Arctic sea ice threatens Canada’s polar bears: expert panel

OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) -- A committee of wildlife experts warned Monday that Canada's largest land predator, the polar bear, was…

2018 set to be among hottest years on record: UN

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- Global temperatures in 2018 are set to be the fourth highest on record, the UN said…

Future uncertain for Australia’s unique platypus: researchers

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australia's unique platypus population is shrinking under pressure from agriculture and pollution, putting the egg-laying mammals'…

75-80 percent chance of El Niño in next 3 months: UN

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- There is a 75 to 80 percent chance of a moderate El Niño event forming in…

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