Solar panels repay their energy ‘debt’: study
by Mariëtte Le Roux PARIS, France (AFP) -- The climate-friendly electricity generated by solar panels in the past 40 years…
8 years ago
Environment
Polar bear numbers to plunge a third as sea ice melts: study
by Marlowe HOOD PARIS, France ( AFP ) - Polar bear numbers could drop a third by mid-century, according to the first systematic…
8 years ago
Earth’s days getting longer, slower: study
PARIS, France (AFP) -- Earth's days are getting longer but you're not likely to notice any time soon -- it…
8 years ago
Canada caribou and monarch butterfly “endangered”: experts
OTTAWO, Canada (AFP) -- Canada's caribou population has reached "all-time low" levels, particularly in the eastern Arctic, where the animal was…
8 years ago
55 world heritage sites in danger
ABU DHABI, UAE (AFP) -- Fifty-five out of a total of 1,052 heritage sites around the world feature on the…
8 years ago
White lion cub cuddles up its father at a zoo in Tbilisi
A four-month-old white lion cub cuddles up to its father Sam inside their enclosure at a zoo in Tbilisi on…
8 years ago
Australia promises to spend nearly $1 bln in bid to keep Great Barrier Reef off “in danger” list
CANBERRA, Australia (Reuters) --Australia will spend nearly A$1.3 billion ($965.25 million) over the next five years to improve the well…
8 years ago
Munich zoo welcomes new polar bear cub
MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) -- Munich's Hellabrunn Zoo introduced its latest addition on Thursday (December 1), a polar bear cub that…
8 years ago
Dog at German zoo helps rear tiger cub twins abandoned by their mother
STUCKENBROCK, Germany (Reuters) --A dog at a German zoo is helping to rear Bengal tiger cub twins which were abandoned…
8 years ago
Scientists record biggest ever coral die-off on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef
TOWNSVILLE, Australia (Reuters) -- Warm seas around Australia's Great Barrier Reef have killed two-thirds of a 700-km (435 miles) stretch…
8 years ago
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