by Gerard MARTINEZ Agence France-Presse MIAMI, Florida (AFP) – Umberto Gimenez loves alligators. He gives them nicknames such as “Smile” and “Momma Gator” and laughs when he thinks of their antics. Gimenez, an airboat captain, has found his paradise in Florida’s Everglades National Park, a natural gem in the southeastern US state at risk from climate change. “It’s an amazing place and there’s only one in the world,” he says. The largest wetland in the […]
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Global population hit by extreme drought set to double
by Marlowe HOOD Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Available freshwater is on track to decline sharply across two-thirds of Earth’s land surface toward the end of the century mostly due to climate change, with the number of people exposed to extreme drought doubling, researchers have reported. Even under a scenario of moderate decline in greenhouse gas emissions, land area scorched by extreme to exceptional drought conditions increases from three to seven percent, […]
Enchanted River muling binuksan sa mga turista
HINATUAN, Surigao del Sur (Eagle News) – Muling binuksan sa mga turista ang kilalang Enchanted River ng Surigao del Sur. Sa kasalukuyan ay mas magagandang amenities at kulay asul na tubig ang bubungad sa mga turistang dadayo sa kilalang tourist spot. Mahigit din sa isang buwan na pansamantalang isinara ng Lokal na Pamahalaan ng Hinatuan sa publiko ang Enchanted River. Ito ay upang isaayos ang amenities nito at makapagpahinga din ang ilog sa mga turista. Sa kasalukuyan […]





