Nature’s cleaners: Cyprus returns rare vultures to wild
KORFI, Cyprus (AFP) - With a wingspan as wide as a basketball hoop is tall, it took just a few…
2 years ago
Environment
Swiss glaciers melting away at record rate
by Christophe VOGT / Elodie LE MAOU Agence France Presse Geneva, Switzerland (AFP) -- Switzerland's glaciers lost six percent of…
2 years ago
Almost 200 pilot whales perish on Australian beach
by Andrew LEESON Agence France Presse OCEAN BEACH, Australia (AFP) -- Almost 200 whales have perished at an exposed, surf-swept…
2 years ago
230 pilot whales stranded in Australia, ‘about half’ feared dead
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Around 230 pilot whales were found stranded on the rugged west coast of Tasmania Wednesday,…
2 years ago
Hurricane Fiona leaves one dead in Dominican Republic after ravaging Puerto Rico
by Erika Santelices Agence France-Presse NAGUA, Dominican Republic (AFP) -- Hurricane Fiona dumped torrential rain on the Dominican Republic and…
2 years ago
More Australia floods ‘very real possibility’ as third straight La Niña declared
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) - Flood-battered eastern Australia faces further extreme weather in the coming months after the country's forecasters confirmed…
2 years ago
Hong Kong September heat record broken twice
HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- Hong Kong has broken two heat records for September in a little over a week,…
2 years ago
African leaders demand funds to adapt to climate change
CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) -- The leaders of two dozen African countries Friday urged wealthier nations to uphold their aid…
2 years ago
Countries growing 70% of world’s food face ‘extreme’ heat risk by 2045
PARIS, France (AFP) -- Blistering crop-withering temperatures that also risk the health of agricultural workers could threaten swathes of global…
2 years ago
Two dead, thousands told to flee California wildfire
by Huw GRIFFITH Agence France-Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- At least two people are dead and thousands have…
2 years ago
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