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GLAND, Switzerland – Paris is this year’s Global Earth Hour Capital. WWF’s Earth Hour City Challenge recognizes the “City of Light” as a role model for climate action and awards Paris for its ambitious vision and successful engagement with business, civil society and other cities on its journey toward sustainability. Paris hosted last year’s historic global climate summit and has shown strong climate leadership, creating a model for other city governments to replicate. In addition […]
GERMANY (AFP) — British astronaut Tim Peake has landed back on Earth after spending six months on the International Space Station (ISS) and is now looking forward to having some family time — although his next “dream” would be a “lunar exploration mission”. https://youtu.be/vKMttcE7Bko
RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) — The Metro Richmond Zoo welcomed its first ever litter of snow leopard cubs on May 24, and has now released video footage of the cubs. The litter includes two cubs, one male and one female. The zoo have not yet released the names of the baby snow leopards, but the mother and father, named Elsa, 2, and Nitro, 3, are first time parents. Elsa was raised by human caretakers, but according […]
Dalawang giant panda, enjoy na enjoy ang pagpapahinga sa kanilang air-conditioned cell sa Southwest China Zoo. First panda twins of the year, sinalubong sa Chengdu Giant Panda breeding research sa China. https://youtu.be/RS7mSeA1MuM
U.S. Embassy Manila celebrates Oceans Month (and Oceans Day on June 8) with Luis Manzano, WWF-Philippines’ “Ambassador”, as he talks about the efforts the U.S. and the Philippines undertake to preserve the ocean and keep it healthy, clean and blue.
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The planet’s coral reefs are likely facing warmer than normal water for an unprecedented third year in a row, extending what is already the longest coral bleaching event on record, US observers said Monday. The global bleaching event began in mid-2014 with global warming and a particularly intense El Nino phenomenon resulting in higher than normal ocean temperatures, according to the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration. NOAA presented its grim […]
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AFP) — The lionfish, a tropical creature with poisonous barbs and a painful sting that can kill humans in rare cases, may be spreading in the Mediterranean, a conservation group warned Monday. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (UICN) said the fish had been spotted in waters around Turkey and Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean. “That shows that the fish is spreading, and that’s a cause for concern,” Maria del Mar […]
WASHINGTON, United Sates (AFP) — After years of research on dolphin behavior and under pressure from animal rights groups, the National Aquarium in Baltimore has decided to move the marine mammals to a sanctuary, officials said Wednesday. It will be the first sanctuary for dolphins in North America. The transfer from the aquarium in the Atlantic coast port city will not be done before 2020, they said. The venue for the dolphins will be a […]
WASHINGTON, united States (AFP) — May’s temperatures broke global records yet again, as the northern hemisphere finishes its hottest spring on record, statistics released Tuesday by NASA showed. The Arctic in particular experienced abnormal heat, causing Arctic sea ice and the Greenland ice sheet to start melting unusually early, said NASA. Alaska recorded its warmest spring on record by a wide margin, and in Finland the average May temperature was between three and five degrees […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Climate change appears to have driven to extinction an Australian Great Barrier Reef rodent, according to a new study, which suggests the species may be the first mammal lost to the global phenomenon. Extensive searches for the Bramble Cay melomys, a small rat-like animal, have failed to find a single specimen from its only known habitat on a sandy island in far northern Australia. Researchers said the key factor behind the […]
by Karl MALAKUNAS DAVAO, Philippines (AFP) — Surprisingly loud chirps accompany a clumsy flurry of tiny wings as a wispy-haired chick breaks through its shell, its birth offering rare cause for celebration in the struggle to save the Philippine eagle from extinction. Tropical rainforest destruction and relentless hunting have decimated the population of the majestic bird — one of the world’s biggest and most powerful — with just hundreds believed to be left in the […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Husar, a 400-kilogram male manatee, arrived at his new home in the Paris Zoo Thursday morning after travelling from Italy. https://youtu.be/DORpJSOy-vo
