Striking Northern Light display over northern Finland
NORTH OF ROVANIEMI, Finland (Reuters) -- Multicolored lights lit up the night sky in striking aurora displays over Finland earlier…
7 years ago
Environment
Developing world says rich nations shirking on climate
by Marlowe Hood Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- The failure of wealthy nations to deliver on short-term climate commitments could hinder the…
7 years ago
Deep sleep: Even jellyfish need their slumber
CALIFORNIA, United States (Reuters) -- A brainless, spineless, pulsating organism has a key behavior in common with humans: sleep.…
7 years ago
Deadly heat from climate change may hit slums hardest
MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- With sheet metal roofs, concrete floors, poor ventilation and spotty electricity, crowded urban slums in…
7 years ago
2017 set to be hottest non-El Nino year: UN
by Marlowe Hood Agence France Presse BONN, Germany (AFP) -- 2017 is on track to be the hottest year…
7 years ago
Endangered vaquita porpoise dies in captivity
MEXICO City, Mexico (AFP) -- Mexico's efforts to save the critically endangered vaquita, the world's smallest porpoise, has suffered a…
7 years ago
For Amazon tribe, rainforest is a whole world
by Sebastian Smith Agence France-Presse Waiãpi, Brazil (AFP) -- When Japarupi Waiapi looks into the dense foliage of the Amazon rainforest, he…
7 years ago
Hundreds of parrots flock to southwest China city
YUNNAN, China (CCTV) -- Hundreds of red-breasted parakeets, a species of parrot, have flocked to the city of Ruili in…
7 years ago
INFOGRAPHICS: November 5 is World Tsunami Awareness Day
Though it is rare, tsunami is one of the most destructive natural disasters in the world which can kill thousands…
7 years ago
WATCH: Newly discovered orangutan species is most endangered great ape: study
https://youtu.be/66jNt5KLWqI JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- A new species of orangutan has been discovered in the remote jungles of Indonesia, immediately…
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