Handful of states hold fate of world’s vanishing wilderness
by Patrick GALEY Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- More than 70 percent of Earth's last untouched wilderness lies…
6 years ago
Environment
EU countries back single-use plastics ban
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) -- EU countries on Wednesday backed the outlawing of certain single-use plastics, bringing the bloc a…
6 years ago
Crouching tigers, hidden cameras: Nepal counts its big cats
BARDIA, Nepal (AFP) -- Thousands of camera traps help conservationists track Nepal's wild tiger population, which has nearly doubled in recent…
6 years ago
Air pollution kills 600,000 children each year: WHO
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- Exposure to toxic air both indoors and out kills some 600,000 children under the age of…
6 years ago
EU air quality slowly improving but still deadly: report
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) -- Air pollution is slowly easing in EU countries but still causes nearly half a million early…
6 years ago
Humpback whales stop singing when ships are near: study
by Kerry SHERIDAN Agence France Presse TAMPA, United States (AFP) -- Humpback whales are famous for their eerie, underwater songs.…
6 years ago
Plastics have entered human food chain, study shows
by Marlowe HOOD Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Bits of plastic have been detected in the faeces of…
6 years ago
Use of raw materials to double by 2060: OECD
PARIS, France (AFP) -- Global use of raw materials is expected to double by 2060, "placing twice the pressure on…
6 years ago
Spider swarm cloaks Greek lake in 1,000-meter web
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AFP) -- Lake Vistonida in northern Greece has become an arachnophobe's worst nightmare after it was cloaked…
6 years ago
S. Korea’s last polar bear dies ahead of British retirement
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- The last polar bear kept in South Korea has died of old age only weeks…
6 years ago
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