La Nina ending but warming El Nino may strike soon: UN
Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | by Robin MILLARD An exceptionally long La Nina weather phenomenon that intensified drought and flooding…
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Environment
Carbon credits: a contested tool to fight deforestation
by Mathilde DUMAZET Agence France Presse Paris, France (AFP) -- Planting trees or safeguarding tropical rainforests have become popular tools…
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Blame the warmth: Famed skating rink in Ottawa won’t open this year
Montreal, Canada | AFP | The Rideau Canal Skateway, the world's largest open-air ice rink and a UNESCO World Heritage…
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First blizzard in a generation in Los Angeles
Heavy snow fell in southern California on Friday, as the first blizzard in a generation pounded the Los Angeles area,…
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Global wildlife contaminated by ‘forever chemicals’
by Linnea Pedersen Agence France Presse Paris, France (AFP) -- From pandas to sea lions to tigers, hundreds of wildlife…
2 years ago
Death toll from China mine collapse rises to four, dozens still missing
Beijing, China (AFP) -- The death toll from a collapse at a coal mine in northern China rose to four…
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Heavy snow snarls travel as winter storms hit US
by Huw GRIFFITH Agence France-Presse LOS ANGELES , United States (AFP) -- Powerful winter storms lashed the United States on…
2 years ago
Narwhals’ climate-vulnerable winter feeding crucial for survival: study
by Linnea Pedersen Agence France Presse Paris, France (AFP) -- Narwhals are likely more dependent on fat reserves and abundant…
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Jane Fonda warns oceans are ‘dying’ amid UN treaty talks
United Nations, United States (AFP) -- Actor and activist Jane Fonda on Monday warned that humanity is "losing the ocean,"…
2 years ago
Two endangered pink dolphins rescued from shallow Colombia river
BOGOTA, Colombia (AFP) -- Two pink river dolphins, a mother and her calf, were rescued from a Colombian river where…
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