Leaks, repairs, stress: how skeleton crew stopped Red Sea oil disaster
By Robbie COREY-BOULET Agence France-Presse ABOARD FSO SAFER, Yemen (AFP) -- When an alarm sounded on the decaying oil tanker…
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Environment
Death toll rises to 66 in India’s monsoon mayhem
NEW DELHI, July 12, 2023 (AFP) - Days of relentless monsoon rains have killed at least 66 people in India,…
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Oceans are changing colour and climate change may be to blame
PARIS, July 12, 2023 (AFP) - Over the past 20 years huge swathes of the world's oceans have changed colour,…
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Heat wave in US turns Texas prisons into ‘ovens’
HOUSTON, July 10, 2023 (AFP) - On the afternoon of July 4, as Americans were celebrating the country's independence with…
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Swiss sweltered in 2022 with hottest year on record
GENEVA, July 10, 2023 (AFP) - Switzerland said Monday it experienced its hottest year on record in 2022, with its…
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Mass fish deaths haunt river on Polish-German border
BRIESKOW-FINKENHEERD, Germany, July 8, 2023 (AFP) - Fisherman Henry Schneider stopped work for several months after a toxic algae bloom…
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Amazon deforestation down sharply under Brazil’s Lula: govt
BRASÍLIA, Brazil (AFP) -- Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon fell by one-third in the first six months of President Luiz…
3 years ago
El Niño spells trouble for vulnerable Galapagos iguana
By Carlos MANDUJANO Agence France-Presse PUERTO AYORA , Ecuador (AFP) -- Unusually warm for this time of year, the waters…
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UN warns world to prepare for El Nino impact
GENEVA, July 4, 2023 (AFP) - The United Nations on Tuesday warned the world to prepare for the effects of…
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We may be underestimating the climate risk to crops: researchers
PARIS, July 4, 2023 (AFP) - The risks of harvest failures in multiple global breadbaskets have been underestimated, according to…
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Canada wildfires again bring more unhealthy air in North America
CHICAGO, June 28, 2023 (AFP) - Smoke from Canada's worst-ever wildfires was severely impacting air quality Wednesday across Ontario and…
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Football pitch of tropical forest lost every 5 seconds
PARIS, June 27, 2023 (AFP) - Earth lost an area of carbon-absorbing rainforest larger than Switzerland or the Netherlands in…
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