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  Paris (AFP) Aug 2, 2023 The UN is promising to publish more details of participants of high-stakes COP climate talks, amid criticism from campaigners that the negotiations are attracting surging numbers of fossil-fuel lobbyists. As registration opened this week for this year's COP28 climate talks, to be held in oil-rich United Arab Emirates, the United Nations body that oversees the climate talks has published new rules asking participants to give greater details about who they work for. A decision to decline to revea ... read more |
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Pope tells youths to tackle climate crisis, povertyLisbon (AFP) Aug 3, 2023 Pope Francis on Thursday urged young people to focus on caring for the planet and fighting climate change, calling for an "integral ecology" that melds environmental protection with the fight against poverty and other social problems. ... more  
Lula says 'world must help' Brazil save the AmazonBras�lia (AFP) Aug 2, 2023 President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Wednesday the "world must help" Brazil protect the Amazon, ahead of a summit next week on the world's biggest rainforest, a key buffer against climate change. ... more  
Floods for miles: swathes of China underwater after historic rainZhuozhou, China (AFP) Aug 2, 2023 Swathes of northern China were submerged in filthy floodwater on Wednesday after days of historic rainfall battered the capital city of Beijing and surrounding areas. ... more  
Nuclear spin's impact on biological processes uncoveredJerusalem (SPX) Aug 01, 2023 A research team led by Prof. Yossi Paltiel at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem with groups from HUJI, Weizmann and IST Austria new study reveals the influence of nuclear spin on biological process ... more |
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  Canada wildfire smoke smashes emission record: monitor  
Kuwait's scorching summers a warning for heating planetKuwait City (AFP) Aug 2, 2023 As the blazing summer sun beats down on Kuwait, shoppers stroll down a promenade lined with palm trees and European-style boutiques, all without breaking a sweat. ... more |
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South America sweats under high temps -- in the middle of winterSantiago (AFP) Aug 3, 2023 Far away from the extreme summer temperatures of the northern hemisphere, Southern Cone countries such as Chile and Argentina are also experiencing record heat, but in the middle of what is supposed to be their winter. ... more 
Coal versus forest: Turkish locals mobilised to save treesMilas, Turkey (AFP) July 31, 2023 Protecting their faces with scarves, local women are taking the frontlines against water cannons and tear gas fired by security forces in the southwest Turkey, resisting cutting of trees for the expansion of a coal mine. ... more 
Court reverses Ruto's lifting of logging ban in KenyaNairobi (AFP) Aug 2, 2023 A court in Kenya has blocked President William Ruto from lifting a near six-year ban on logging, the petitioners said Wednesday, in a win for conservationists. ... more  
Gulf of Mexico's oxygen-starved 'dead zone' smaller than expectedWashington DC (UPI) Aug 2, 2023 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Wednesday that the Gulf of Mexico's "dead zone," an area of water with oxygen so low it can kill wildlife, is smaller than expected. ... more |
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  Austria farmers up in arms over Brussels GMO plans 
Russian drone raid hits Ukraine grain port on Danube RiverWashington DC (UPI) Aug 2, 2023 Russian drone raids targeted Ukrainian industrial and port infrastructure in the Odessa region early Wednesday, including a major grain export facility on the eastern bank of the Danube River near the border with Romania, causing significant damage. ... more |
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Earthquake-hit Turkey pulls out of hosting key UN nature talksParis (AFP) Aug 3, 2023 Turkey has said it cannot host a major UN biodiversity meeting in 2024 as it reels from a series of devastating earthquakes this year, according to the UN body that oversees the talks. ... more 
Iceland's met office says volcanic eruption slowingReykjavik (AFP) Aug 2, 2023 Lava flowing from a volcano near Iceland's capital since July 10 has slowed significantly in the past week and could end soon, the country's meteorological office said Wednesday. ... more 
Japan's elderly 'gateball' players unbeaten by the heatTokyo (AFP) Aug 3, 2023 Under a scorching sun in Tokyo, octogenarian Katsuko Morita swings her mallet and whacks a ball through a small "gate". The diehard gateballer plays almost every day, even when the mercury soars. ... more 
No power, no clean water: cleanup begins in Beijing's flood-hit suburbsMentougou, China (AFP) Aug 3, 2023 On the banks of the Yongding River west of Beijing on Thursday, Chen Xiaoyuan stared at the remains of a bridge that once led to his village. ... more |
  US not evacuating citizens from Niger for now  
Greece to stagger Acropolis visitors from September: officialsAthens (AFP) Aug 2, 2023 Greece from September will stagger and cap visitors to the Acropolis, its most-visited site, to reduce massive queues and bottlenecks at peak hours, the culture ministry said Wednesday. ... more |
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Innovative plan combines asteroid and sunshade to tackle climate changeSydney, Australia (SPX) Aug 01, 2023 As the Earth grapples with accelerating climate change, researchers are exploring a multitude of strategies to reduce global warming. Istvan Szapudi, an astronomer from the University of Hawaii Inst ... more 
China denies obstructing G20 climate negotiationsBeijing (AFP) Aug 2, 2023 China denied on Wednesday reports that it had obstructed climate discussions between G20 environment ministers last week, saying it was "regrettable" they had failed to reach an agreement. ... more 
Spain worries over 'lifeless land' amid creeping desertificationAlmeria, Spain (AFP) Aug 1, 2023 Ongoing droughts and an over-exploitation of land for both agriculture and industry have stoked fears in Spain over the creeping spread of "sterile soil" which could devastate Europe's kitchen garden. ... more 
Kuwait's scorching summers; Heat shuts Iran down for 2 days; Korean heat wave roilsKuwait City (AFP) Aug 2, 2023 As the blazing summer sun beats down on Kuwait, shoppers stroll down a promenade lined with palm trees and European-style boutiques, all without breaking a sweat. ... more |
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Streets become rivers as Beijing records heaviest rain in 140 years Zhuozhou, China (AFP) Aug 2, 2023 Deadly rains that pummelled China's capital in recent days were the heaviest since records began 140 years ago, Beijing's weather service said on Wednesday, as a massive cleanup operation began. ... more  
Protecting wildlife and restoring natural ecosystemsParis, France (SPX) Aug 01, 2023 More animal and plant species are currently facing extinction than at any time in human history. ??Around one million species are thought to be currently under threat. To meet this challenge, ... more 
Running wild: stray dogs threaten rare Balkan lynxMavrovo, Macedonia (AFP) Aug 2, 2023 For years, the Balkan lynx has struggled to survive as deforestation destroyed its habitat and poachers targeted the elusive mountain cat along with the animals it relies on for food. ... more 
Wildlife lovers urged to join UK's annual butterfly countAbbotskerswell, United Kingdom (AFP) July 30, 2023 Wildlife enthusiasts across Britain are being encouraged to log sightings of butterflies and some moths, as the world's largest annual survey of the increasingly endangered pollinating insects returns. ... more |
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'Fire whirls' threaten Joshua tree desert in scorching USLos Angeles (AFP) July 31, 2023 A huge wildfire was raging out of control through the environmentally sensitive Mojave Desert on Monday, with "fire whirls" threatening the Joshua trees that are found almost entirely in the southwestern United States. ... more 
The fight to save 'sacred' Carpathian forests from loggersCarpathians (AFP) Aug 2, 2023 Vast gaps in the forest canopy are visible from above Romania's Carpathian mountains, while stumps studding the ground are reminders of the trees chopped into logs and piled beside dirt roads. ... more 
UN weighs Great Barrier Reef reprieve for AustraliaParis (AFP) July 31, 2023 The UN's cultural agency UNESCO said Monday its experts recommended giving Australia more time to boost protection of the Great Barrier Reef which the organisation's World Heritage Committee has threatened to declare "in danger". ... more 
Wild camping to be allowed in UK national park after appealLondon (AFP) July 31, 2023 Camping overnight will be allowed again in a national park in southwest England after an appeal on Monday overturned a High Court ruling which had banned the long-standing tradition. ... more |
Indonesia sends emergency aid to Papua as drought kills 6Jakarta (AFP) Aug 1, 2023 Indonesia has sent emergency aid to its easternmost province of Papua, where a drought has killed six people, including a baby, and left thousands without water since June, officials said Tuesday. ... more  
Rwanda imposes curfew to curb noise pollutionKigali (AFP) Aug 2, 2023 Rwanda has imposed a curfew on all "non-essential services" to reduce what the government calls "noise pollution", a move that has angered nightclub owners who say it will hurt their business. ... more 
Battling drug crisis, Iraq searches for cureBaghdad (AFP) July 31, 2023 Mohammed has been taking nearly a dozen captagon pills daily for seven years. Now, as Iraq grapples with a major drug crisis, the 23-year-old hopes for a fresh start. ... more 
Magnitude 5.6 earthquake hits EritreaNairobi (AFP) Aug 1, 2023 A quake with magnitude of 5.6 struck southeast of the Eritrean capital Asmara on Tuesday, the government and the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, with no immediate reports of damage or casualties. ... more |
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Typhoon knocks out power in southern JapanTokyo (AFP) Aug 2, 2023 One person was reportedly killed and hundreds of thousands were without electricity in southern Japan on Wednesday as a typhoon appproached packing powerful winds and lashing rain. ... more  
US widens blacklist of firms over Uyghur forced labor concernsWashington (AFP) Aug 1, 2023 Washington added more China-based companies to a blacklist Tuesday, barring their goods from entering the United States as officials seek to remove forced labor - especially involving minorities like the Uyghur people - from supply chains. ... more  
El Salvador troops blockade region in gang crackdownSan Salvador (AFP) Aug 1, 2023 Thousands of Salvadoran soldiers and police officers on Tuesday surrounded the central region of Cabanas as part of a massive crackdown on gang activity, the president said. ... more  
Another step forward in radiocarbon dating and understanding of Earth climate and environmental processes during glacial timesBologna, Italy (SPX) Jul 28, 2023 The development of a high precision record of atmospheric radiocarbon shifts beyond 14,000 calendar years BP - obtained through combined studies (e.g., dendrochronology, radiocarbon dating and compa ... more |
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