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  New Delhi (AFP) Aug 7, 2023 Three-quarters of children in South Asia are already facing dangerously high temperatures, the highest level worldwide, as the impact of climate change grows, the United Nations warned Monday. About 460 million children are exposed to extreme heat in South Asia, or 76 percent of children, compared to a third of children globally, the United Nations children's agency said. "With the world at global boiling, the data clearly show that the lives and well-being of millions of children across South A ... read more |
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Two dead, thousands without power as storms batter eastern USWashington (AFP) Aug 8, 2023 Much of the eastern United States was lashed by intense storms Monday, leaving at least two people dead, hundreds of thousands without power and thousands of flights canceled or delayed. ... more  
Canada's TMC to seek license next year to mine Pacific deep seaOttawa (AFP) Aug 3, 2023 Canada's The Metals Company will seek a license next year to start mining the depths of the Pacific Ocean, with production expected to follow in 2025, according to a statement. ... more  
Clearcut logging leads to more frequent flooding, including extreme floodsVancouver, Canada (SPX) Aug 04, 2023 Loss of forest cover is associated with more frequent extreme flooding, as well as more frequent floods of any size, according to new UBC research. While it's widely thought that loss of fores ... more 
Hawaii's undersea volcano Kama'ehu erupted five times in past 150 yearsManoa HI (SPX) Aug 04, 2023 Kama'ehuakanaloa (formerly Lo'ihi Seamount), a submarine Hawaiian volcano located about 20 miles off the south coast of the Big Island of Hawaii, has erupted at least five times in the last 150 year ... more |
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  Discarded plastic blights Honduran mangrove island 
World's oceans set new surface temperature record: EU monitorParis (AFP) Aug 4, 2023 The world's oceans set a new temperature record this week, raising concerns about knock-on effects on the planet's climate, marine life and coastal communities. ... more |
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Water-stressed Iraq dries up fish farmsAl-Bu Mustafa, Iraq (AFP) Aug 7, 2023 Iraqi villager Omar Ziad gazes at the cracked and barren earth where his fish farm once stood, lost to water conservation efforts during a devastating four-year drought. ... more  
South American summit seeks roadmap to save AmazonBelem, Brazil (AFP) Aug 8, 2023 Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and fellow South American leaders face pressure to set out bold solutions to save the damaged Amazon as they open a summit Tuesday on the world's biggest rainforest. ... more  
Russia has arrested nearly 20,000 people for protesting Ukraine warWashington DC (UPI) Aug 6, 2023 Russia has arrested nearly 20,000 people for protesting the Ukraine war, according to a recent report from the Russia-based human rights project OVD-Info. ... more  
Indigenous groups call for bold steps at Amazon summitBelem, Brazil (AFP) Aug 7, 2023 Indigenous leaders from across South America called Monday for bold steps to protect the Amazon and their ancestral lands ahead of a summit on saving the world's biggest rainforest. ... more |
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  Top U.S. official holds 'frank, difficult' talks with coup leadership in Niger 
N. Zealand military 'not in a fit state', government saysWellington (AFP) Aug 4, 2023 Facing ageing equipment and difficulties recruiting personnel, New Zealand's military needs a revamp, the government said Friday. ... more |
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UAE sends military vehicles to ChadDubai (AFP) Aug 6, 2023 The United Arab Emirates has sent military vehicles and other security gear to Chad in support of anti-"terrorism" efforts and border protection, the oil-rich Gulf state said on Sunday. ... more 
Relief and despair: repeal of logging ban divides KenyaMolo, Kenya (AFP) Aug 7, 2023 It was the news Kenya's timber industry had waited over five years to hear: a ban on logging was over, and the country's forests were once again open for business. ... more 
Tunisian brand turns sea plastic into green coutureKerkennah, Tunisia (AFP) Aug 6, 2023 The two men in bright overalls rooting for plastic on a Tunisian beach do so to make a living, but also in the knowledge that they are helping the environment. ... more 
Dozens of swimmers fall ill after UK triathlon competitionLondon (AFP) Aug 6, 2023 At least 57 people suffered from diarrhoea and vomiting after swimming in the sea during the UK leg of the World Triathlon Championship Series, health officials have said. ... more |
  N.Zealand, BlackRock to create climate investment fund 
Sudan rains wreck hundreds of homes: state mediaWad Madani, Sudan (AFP) Aug 7, 2023 Torrential rains have destroyed more than 450 homes in Sudan's north, state media reported Monday, validating concerns voiced by aid groups that the wet season would compound the war-torn country's woes. ... more |
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Scout jamboree SOS issued to BTS megastars as evacuations beginSeoul (AFP) Aug 8, 2023 With national embarrassment building over the World Scout Jamboree evacuations, a South Korean lawmaker has issued an SOS to supergroup BTS. ... more 
23 injured, buildings collapse as 5.4 quake hits east ChinaPingyuan, China (AFP) Aug 6, 2023 At least 23 people were injured and dozens of buildings collapsed, state media reported, after a shallow 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck eastern China in the early hours of Sunday. ... more  
Spain, Portugal battle wildfires as temperatures soarMadrid (AFP) Aug 7, 2023 Firefighters in Spain and Portugal were battling to keep wildfires spanning thousands of hectares contained Monday as a scorching heatwave hit the Iberian peninsula, worsening conditions. ... more 
Hong Kong to appeal against court decision not to ban protest songHong Kong (AFP) Aug 7, 2023 The Hong Kong government said on Monday it will appeal against a senior court's decision not to impose an unprecedented ban on a defiant pro-democracy anthem that emerged from the city's huge protests in 2019. ... more |
 
Dune patterns reveal environmental change on Earth and other planetsStanford CA (SPX) Aug 03, 2023 Dunes, the mounds of sand formed by the wind that vary from ripples on the beach to towering behemoths in the desert, are incarnations of surface processes, climate change, and the surrounding atmos ... more  
Giant solar eruption felt on Earth, Moon and MarsParis (ESA) Aug 04, 2023 A solar eruption detected simultaneously at Earth, the Moon and Mars emphasises the need to prepare human exploration missions for the dangers of space radiation. A coronal mass ejection erupted fro ... more 
China launches its latest meteorological satelliteBeijing (XNA) Aug 04, 2023 China launched a meteorological satellite on Thursday for weather forecasting, climate change monitoring and research on atmospheric chemistry. A Long March 4C carrier rocket lifted off at 11: ... more 
German drought prompts rethink for ancient palace park treesPotsdam, Germany (AFP) Aug 8, 2023 Climate change is taking a heavy toll on the ancient trees of Sanssouci, the sumptuous summer palace built in the 18th century as the Prussian answer to Versailles. ... more |
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Flash floods, landslides kill eight in northern Vietnam Hanoi (AFP) Aug 7, 2023 Flash floods and landslides have killed at least eight people across northern Vietnam, disaster officials said Monday. ... more 
Scores of horses suffer sunstroke at Japan samurai eventTokyo (AFP) Aug 8, 2023 Organisers of an annual horse festival in Japan where riders dressed as samurai re-enact battles said Tuesday they were considering changing dates for the gathering next year, after sunstroke affected 111 animals, killing two of them. ... more 
Death toll from Slovenia flooding climbs to sixLjubljana (AFP) Aug 7, 2023 The death toll from days of heavy rains and flooding in Slovenia has climbed to six, police said Monday, as clean-up operations continued with help from neighbouring countries. ... more 
14 dead in north China rainsBeijing (AFP) Aug 6, 2023 At least 14 people are dead after torrential rain hit China's northeastern Jilin province, state media reported Sunday, the latest fatalities from more than a week of weather-related disasters across the country. ... more |
Typhoon forces Japan atomic bomb commemorations insideTokyo (AFP) Aug 7, 2023 Typhoon Khanun was on course Monday to dump prolonged, heavy rain on one of Japan's main islands this week, forecasters said, forcing commemorations of the Nagasaki atomic bombing to be held inside. ... more  
Huge blue whale washes ashore in southern ChileSantiago (AFP) Aug 6, 2023 An enormous blue whale, considered the largest animal on Earth, has washed up onto a beach in southern Chile, probably after dying at sea, local authorities said Sunday. ... more
Counting wildfires across the globeParis (ESA) Aug 03, 2023 In recent weeks, devastating wildfires have spread in Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Algeria, Tunisia and Canada, causing human casualties as well as massive environmental and economic damage. ... more  
Earth's most ancient impact craters are disappearingWashington DC (SPX) Aug 03, 2023 Earth's oldest craters could give scientists critical information about the structure of the early Earth and the composition of bodies in the solar system as well as help to interpret crater records ... more |
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Top fundraiser offers defense of climate protests; Pope tells youths to tackle crisisNew York (AFP) Aug 5, 2023 For years, Margaret Klein Salamon labored behind the scenes to try to convince politicians about the existential threat posed by climate change. ... more 
Scores dead across northern China in wide scale floodingBeijing (AFP) Aug 6, 2023 Six people are dead and four are missing after torrential rain hit China's northeastern Jilin province, state media reported Sunday, the latest fatalities from more than a week of weather-related disasters across the country. ... more 
Loch Ness struggles with Scotland's shifting climateInverness, United Kingdom (AFP) Aug 4, 2023 Around Scotland's Loch Ness, famous for hosting a mythical monster in its murky depths, another prolonged dry spell earlier this year has heightened fears of a different kind. ... more 
Opposition mounts in Nigeria over possible Niger interventionLagos (AFP) Aug 5, 2023 Political leaders in Nigeria are urging President Bola Tinubu to reconsider a threatened military intervention against junta leaders in neighbouring Niger, ahead of a Sunday deadline to reinstate the country's elected government. ... more |
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