Amazon rainforest may face tipping point by 2050: study
By Kelly MACNAMARA The Amazon rainforest is facing a barrage of pressures that might tip it into large-scale ecosystem collapse…
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Environment
Studying the otherworldly sounds in Antarctic waters
By Juan RESTREPO, Juan BARRETO In freezing Antarctic waters, amid bobbing chunks of floating ice, the hums, pitches and echoes…
9 months ago
Philippines to file charges against sunken oil tanker owners
MANILA, Feb 14, 2024 (AFP) - The Philippine government said Wednesday it will file criminal charges against the owners of…
9 months ago
Burning question: what can we expect in a 1.5C world?
https://youtu.be/yrzAtjZDcZQ Massive wildfires exposing millions to toxic smoke, drought shrivelling crops and key waterways, destructive storms supercharged by record ocean…
9 months ago
Two years on, Ukraine defiant but on defensive
By Emmanuel PEUCHOT KYIV, Ukraine, Feb 12, 2024 (AFP) - Ahead of the second anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine,…
9 months ago
Melting ice roads cut off Indigenous communities in northern Canada
Melting ice roads cut off Indigenous communities in Canada's far north as unseasonably warm weather on Friday also saw its…
9 months ago
World’s biggest flying lab takes off in Asia, fighting air pollution for millions
CLARK, Philippines, Feb 9, 2024 (AFP) - NASA has kicked off a series of marathon flights in Asia with the…
10 months ago
World sees first 12 months above 1.5C warming level: climate monitor
By Kelly MACNAMARA PARIS, Feb 8, 2024 (AFP) - Earth has endured 12 months of temperatures 1.5C hotter than the…
10 months ago
Mexico sees big fall in monarch butterfly numbers
Population numbers of endangered monarch butterflies have fallen sharply at their wintering sites in Mexico, experts said Wednesday, blaming the…
10 months ago
Chile’s deadly wildfires extinguished
By Axl HERNANDEZ con Héctor VELASCO en Santiago Firefighters said Wednesday they had extinguished all wildfires in Chile's coastal region…
10 months ago
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