Severe droughts dry up dreams of Turkish farmers
by Raziye Akkoc Agence France-Presse AKKUZULU, Turkey (AFP) - Turkish farmer Hava Keles stares inconsolably at withered vines of rotting…
3 years ago
Environment
Dry year leaves Syria wheat farmers facing crop failure
by Delil Souleiman with Maher al-Mounes in Damascus Agence France-Presse TAL SHAEER, Syria (AFP) - After Syrian farmer Abdelbaqi Souleiman…
3 years ago
Climate change threatens the Everglades, Florida’s gem
by Gerard MARTINEZ Agence France-Presse MIAMI, Florida (AFP) - Umberto Gimenez loves alligators. He gives them nicknames such as "Smile"…
3 years ago
Global warming kills 14 percent of world’s corals in a decade
by Marlowe HOOD Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) - Dynamite fishing and pollution -- but mostly global warming -- wiped…
3 years ago
Fires, floods, flying insects: 10 recent climate-fuelled disasters
by Natalie HANDEL PARIS, France (AFP) -- From a summer of fire and record floods, to freak frosts and locusts…
3 years ago
Senegal’s old capital on the frontline against rising sea
by Laurent Lozano Agence France-Presse SAINT-LOUIS, Senegal (AFP) - In the northern Senegalese city of Saint-Louis, excavators are ripping up…
3 years ago
Half a degree makes a big difference in a warming world
by Stéphane ORJOLLET Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) - Half a degree Celsius may not seem like much, but climate…
3 years ago
Rome votes in mayoral polls dominated by rubbish and boars
by Sonia Logre and Gildas Le Roux Agence France-Presse ROME, Italy (AFP) - The people of Rome voted on Sunday…
3 years ago
Sea pollution after S.Africa riots an ‘environmental catastrophe’
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) - South African government on Sunday said the sea pollution linked to a spill from a chemical…
3 years ago
Austria govt unveils ‘eco’ tax reform
VIENNA, Austria (AFP) - Austria's government unveiled on Sunday what it calls an "eco-social" reform of the tax system, a…
3 years ago
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