La Nina return could reduce extreme heat risks for 2024: scientists
https://youtu.be/4uo2CuiC6jE PARIS, March 7, 2024 (AFP) - The rapid return of the La Nina weather phenomenon "may actually decrease" the…
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Environment
February marks 9th straight month of record-smashing global heat: climate monitor
By Benjamin LEGENDRE, Kelly MACNAMARA PARIS, March 7, 2024 (AFP) - Last month was the warmest February on record globally,…
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Crocs, cyclones and ‘magnificent melaleucas’: Aussie beach named world’s best
It may have deadly animals and wild weather, but Palm Cove in Australia's northeast has been named the world's best…
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Birds, beetles, bugs could help replace pesticides: study
Natural predators like birds, beetles and bugs might be an effective alternative to pesticides, keeping crop-devouring pests populations down while…
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Above-normal temperatures for March-May due to El Nino: UN
By Robin MILLARD GENEVA, March 5, 2024 (AFP) - The warming El Nino weather phenomenon that peaked in December was…
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Hanoi chokes as Vietnam capital tops most polluted cities list
Vietnamese capital Hanoi was blanketed by a thick haze of pollution on Tuesday that obscured high-rise buildings and left the…
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Artificial glaciers stave off drought in Kyrgyzstan
https://youtube.com/shorts/gIH8BOzLHlU?feature=share By Bruno KALOUAZ In the Tian-Shan mountains of Kyrgyzstan, villagers have made an artificial glacier to provide water for…
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One-fifth of Mekong River fish species face extinction: report
One-fifth of fish species in the Mekong river face the threat of extinction, according to a new report from a…
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‘Very worried’: Scientists fret as Antarctic sea ice dwindles
By Juan BARRETO, Juan RESTREPO ON BOARD THE ARC SIMON BOLIVAR, Antártida, March 2, 2024 (AFP) - Sea ice levels…
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Faulty warnings, deforestation turned Philippine rains ‘deadly’: study
MANILA, March 1, 2024 (AFP) - Faulty warning systems, poverty and deforestation of mountains in the southern Philippines turned recent…
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