Earth’s ice sheets tracking worst-case climate scenarios
by Marlowe HOOD PARIS, France (AFP) -- The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, which hold enough frozen water to lift…
4 years ago
Environment
Landmark protest in Mauritius over giant oil spill
PORT LOUIS, Mauritius (AFP) — Tens of thousands of Mauritians protested Saturday in the capital Saint-Louis over the government's handling…
4 years ago
Blue planet: Study proposes new origin theory for Earth’s water
by Issam AHMED Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON D.C., United States (AFP) — Water covers 70 percent of the Earth's surface and…
4 years ago
La Nina likely, but temperatures set to remain high: UN
by Nina LARSON GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- Global temperatures boosted by climate change will still be higher than usual despite…
4 years ago
Fires ‘poisoning air’ in Amazon: study
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — Rampant fires in the Amazon are "poisoning the air" of the world's biggest rainforest,…
4 years ago
Antarctica’s glacier-damming ice shelves at risk
by Marlowe HOOD Agence France-Presse More than half the ice shelves ringing Antarctica that prevent huge glaciers from sliding into…
4 years ago
18 whales die in Mauritius stranding
PORT LOUIS, Mauritius (AFP) — Eighteen melon-headed whales washed up on the shores of Mauritius on Wednesday, the country's fisheries minister…
4 years ago
Antarctica’s glacier-damming ice shelves at risk
by Marlowe HOOD PARIS, France (AFP) -- More than half the ice shelves ringing Antarctica that prevent huge glaciers from…
4 years ago
As neighbours build dams, Iraqis watch twin rivers dry up
by Haydar Indhar Agence France-Presse DIWANIYAH, Iraq (AFP) — With its neighbours activating new dams, Iraq's historic twin rivers could…
4 years ago
Several districts of Niger capital flooded
NIAMEY, Niger (AFP) — Several districts of Niger's capital Niamey were submerged in floodwaters on Tuesday after heavy rainfall caused…
4 years ago
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