Environment

California surfers terrorized by board-stealing sea otter

LOS ANGELES, July 12, 2023 (AFP) - Wanted: one ornery sea otter that has been attacking California surfers and commandeering…

Death toll rises to 66 in India’s monsoon mayhem

NEW DELHI, July 12, 2023 (AFP) - Days of relentless monsoon rains have killed at least 66 people in India,…

Oceans are changing colour and climate change may be to blame

PARIS, July 12, 2023 (AFP) - Over the past 20 years huge swathes of the world's oceans have changed colour,…

Viral disease killing felines on ‘cat island’ Cyprus

https://youtu.be/PCR-qufcZ-8 By Anouk Riondet NICOSIA, July 11, 2023 (AFP) - A sickly ginger kitten named Bebe is pulled out of…

Critical negotiations on deep sea mining kick off in Jamaica

By Amélie BOTTOLLIER-DEPOIS Agence France-Presse UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) -- Critical negotiations concerning the future of deep sea mining…

Spain sweats as temperatures soar in new summer heatwave

MADRID, July 10, 2023 (AFP) - Temperatures were soaring across Spain on Monday with the mercury set to touch 44…

Signs of the human era, from nuclear fallout to microplastics

By Daniel Lawler PARIS, July 10, 2023 (AFP) - As scientists make the case that humans have fundamentally transformed the…

Mass fish deaths haunt river on Polish-German border

BRIESKOW-FINKENHEERD, Germany, July 8, 2023 (AFP) - Fisherman Henry Schneider stopped work for several months after a toxic algae bloom…

Fukushima water release plan clears last regulatory hurdle in Japan

TOKYO, July 7, 2023 (AFP) - Plans to discharge treated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant cleared their last regulatory…

Impact of Fukushima water release on South Korea ‘negligible’: Seoul

Japan's plan to release treated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant would have "negligible consequences" for South Korea, Seoul said…

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