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THESSALONIKI, Greece (AFP) — Lake Vistonida in northern Greece has become an arachnophobe’s worst nightmare after it was cloaked recently by massive webs spun by hundreds of thousands of small spiders. Biologists say the recent phenomenon, though rare, is not unheard of and is caused by unseasonally warm weather prompting an increase in the local population of mosquitoes and gnats. “It’s caused by an overpopulation of spiders…there is an abundance of food available,” local […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — The last polar bear kept in South Korea has died of old age only weeks before his planned departure to better living conditions in Britain, zoo officials said Thursday. Tongki — a 23-year-old male named after a Japanese cartoon character of the 1980s — lived in a 330-square-metre (3,500-square-foot) concrete enclosure at the Everland theme park outside Seoul. The zoo had planned to move him to the Yorkshire Wildlife Park […]
MEXICO CITY (AFP) — The near-extinct vaquita marina, the world’s smallest porpoise, has not yet disappeared from its habitat off the coast of Mexico, a research team said Wednesday after spotting six of them. The vaquita has been nearly wiped out by illegal fishing in its native habitat, the Gulf of California, and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) warned in May that it could go extinct this year. But “all hope is not lost” for […]
by Catherine HOURS / Marlowe HOOD Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Energy sector carbon emissions will rise in 2018 after hitting record levels the year before, dimming prospects for meeting Paris climate treaty goals, the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Wednesday. The energy sector accounts for 80 percent of global CO2 emissions, with most of the rest caused by deforestation and agriculture, so its performance is key to efforts to rein […]
KUNMING, Yunnan, China (AFP) — Three playful white Bengal tiger cubs are charming visitors as they clamber around their enclosure at a zoo in China. The rare, blue-eyed triplets were born nearly three months ago at the Yunnan Wildlife Zoo in Kunming, and made their public debut in early October. “The oldest one — the largest — is very naughty and has a real appetite. He’s the naughtiest. The youngest is like a baby, she’s […]
by Marlowe HOOD Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — The best — and fairest — way to cap global warming is to empower indigenous forest peoples, reduce food waste and slash meat consumption, an alliance of 38 NGOs said Monday. Restoring natural forest ecosystems, securing the land rights of local communities and revamping the global food system could cut greenhouse emissions 40 percent by mid-century and help humanity avoid climate catastrophe, they argued in […]
by Patrick GALEY Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — The world must drastically reduce its meat consumption in order to avoid devastating climate change, scientists said Wednesday in the most thorough study so far on how what we eat affects the environment. As humanity grapples with tough choices to offset a rapidly heating planet, the research suggests that the Western world would need to slash its meat intake by 90 percent to avoid crippling […]
GOLD COAST, Australia (AFP) — A humpback whale calf is rescued after getting entangled in a shark net off the Gold Coast for some two hours. https://youtu.be/ov_f_3Ta6kc
(AFP) — Videographic looking at the importance of ice shelves. Earth’s surface has warmed one degree Celsius — enough to lift oceans and unleash storms, floods and droughts — and is on track toward an unlivable 3C or 4C rise, scientists say. https://youtu.be/DnojXKd0wJ0
by Cecil MORELLA Agence France Presse SANTO TOMAS, Philippines (AFP) — Deep below the ancient volcanoes scattered around the Philippines sits a simmering stockpile of intense heat that officials hope will help revive the nation’s sputtering green energy machine. The Philippines — thanks to its spot in the Ring of Fire zone of Pacific volcanoes — has long been one of the world’s top producers of geothermal power, but years of neglect have sent the […]
INCHEON, South Korea (AFP) — Avoiding global climate chaos will require a major transformation of society and the world economy that is “unprecedented in scale,” the UN says in a landmark report that warns time is running out to avert disaster. https://youtu.be/f97yGa9fznU
By Caesar Vallejos, Eagle News Service Sharing best practices, solutions and experiences in the areas of energy, transport and public safety in support of building smart and sustainable cities of the future, key executives from the Philippine government and business sector gathered with their Swedish counterparts at the first Philippine-Sweden Smart City Collaboration held at the Quest Hotel, Clark Freeport Zone last October 4, 2018. “This collaboration comes at a critical time when cities and […]
