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  Ithica NY (SPX) Mar 14, 2025 Climate change and flagging investment in research and development has U.S. agriculture facing its first productivity slowdown in decades. A new study estimates the public sector investment needed to reverse course. In the paper, published March 11 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers model both the dampening effects of climate change on U.S. agriculture and the accelerating effects of publicly funded research and development (R and D) - and use the estimates to quan ... read more |
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NASA Researchers Study Coastal Wetlands, Champions of Carbon CaptureGreenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 14, 2025 Across the street from the Flamingo Visitor's Center at the foot of Florida's Everglades National Park, there was once a thriving mangrove population - part of the largest stand of mangroves in the ... more  
Planetary Water Limits Pose Challenge to Geological Resource ProductionTokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 14, 2025 The extraction and processing of geological resources, including critical metals and minerals essential for renewable energy and energy storage technologies, require substantial amounts of energy an ... more 
NASA study shows unexpected ocean level increaseWashington DC (UPI) Mar 13, 2025 The world's sea levels grew far more quickly and by a larger amount than anticipated in 2024, mostly due to warming water temperatures, a new NASA analysis shows. ... more 
Take 'precautionary approach' on deep-sea mining: top official tells AFPTokyo (AFP) Mar 14, 2025 Rules for the emerging deep-sea mining sector should take a "precautionary approach" that protects the environment, the head of the body drafting regulations for the practice told AFP Friday. ... more |
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From oil spills to new species: how tech reveals the oceanTokyo (AFP) Mar 14, 2025 The ocean covers nearly three-quarters of our planet but scientists say we have barely scratched the surface of what lives in our seas. ... more |
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Australians welcome departure of baby wombat grabberSydney (AFP) Mar 14, 2025 An American influencer who outraged Australians by snatching a baby wombat from its apparently distressed mother flew out of the country Friday, the government said. ... more 
Nepal community efforts revive red panda populationTaplejung, Nepal (AFP) Mar 14, 2025 Nepali police officer Jiwan Subba still feels pangs of regret decades after he bludgeoned a strange creature he found wandering in his barn, not realising it was an endangered red panda. ... more  
Burkina army 'tortured and massacred' civilians: local source, NGOAbidjan (AFP) Mar 13, 2025 Burkina Faso's army and allied volunteer militias "tortured and massacred" civilians in a revenge attack in the west of the country this week, an NGO official and a local source told AFP on Thursday. ... more  
Merkel denies covering up report on Covid-19 originsBerlin (AFP) Mar 13, 2025 Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel denied Thursday that she had covered up an intelligence report concluding that a Chinese laboratory leak was the likely source of the Covid-19 pandemic. ... more |
'Sound science' must guide deep-sea mining: top officialTokyo (AFP) Mar 13, 2025 Rules on deep-sea mining in international waters must be driven by "sound science" and built on consensus, the head of the body charged with regulating the divisive practice said Thursday. ... more  Available on Amazon Books |
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France begins handover of military bases to Senegal: embassyDakar (AFP) Mar 7, 2025 France on Friday began handing over military bases in Senegal, as part of a withdrawal of troops from the west African nation where it has had a presence since 1960. ... more 
Less mapped than the Moon: quest to reveal the seabedTokyo (AFP) Mar 13, 2025 It covers nearly three-quarters of our planet but the ocean floor is less mapped than the Moon, an astonishing fact driving a global push to build the clearest-ever picture of the seabed. ... more 
Australia tells US influencer: 'leave baby wombat alone'Sydney (AFP) Mar 13, 2025 Australia's top diplomat urged a visiting American influencer on Thursday to "leave the baby wombat alone", after a video appeared to show the woman pestering a young marsupial. ... more  
Quake damages buildings, sparks panic in Italy's NaplesRome (AFP) Mar 13, 2025 A 4.4-magnitude earthquake struck the area around Naples overnight, causing one light injury and some structural damage, and triggering panic among several residents, Italian officials said on Thursday. ... more |
 
London trial on 2015 Brazil mine disaster wraps upLondon (AFP) Mar 13, 2025 A trial on whether Australian mining giant BHP is liable for one of Brazil's worst environmental disasters concludes Thursday in London, with hundreds of thousands of victims demanding billions in compensation. ... more 
On the Mongolian steppe, climate change pushes herders to the brinkKharkhorin, Mongolia (AFP) Mar 13, 2025 Over a year after a devastating winter wiped out virtually his entire sheep flock, herder Zandan Lkhamsuren is still reckoning with the damage wrought by Mongolia's increasingly erratic extreme weather. ... more  
Milei pledges funds for deluge-stricken Argentine cityBuenos Aires, Argentina (AFP) Mar 12, 2025 Argentine President Javier Milei promised some $185 million Wednesday for the reconstruction of the city of Bahia Blanca as the search continued for two little girls and others missing after flash floods last week killed at least 16 people. ... more 
Trump Admin sweeps away environmental protections, abolishes local remediation programsWashington (AFP) Mar 12, 2025 President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday announced a wave of environmental rollbacks targeting Biden-era green policies, including carbon limits on power plants, tailpipe emissions standards and protections for waterways. ... more |
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February deforestation in Brazilian Amazon lowest in yearsRio De Janeiro, Brazil (AFP) Mar 12, 2025 Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon recorded a nine-year low for February, according to satellite data Wednesday, heralding good news for the world's largest rainforest set to host UN climate talks this year. ... more
Many animal 'geomorphs' under threat, study warnsParis (AFP) Mar 12, 2025 More than a quarter of our planet's natural "geomorphs" - animals such as beavers and hippos that, collectively, can reshape entire landscapes - are threatened or have shrinking populations, a new study says. ... more  
Council of Europe wants rights central to Ukraine peace talksStrasbourg, France (AFP) Mar 12, 2025 The Council of Europe on Wednesday published a 10-point roadmap for a "lasting and effective peace" in Ukraine, calling for human rights to be central to talks to end the fighting. ... more 
Extreme ocean heat does not mean climate change is accelerating: studyBrest, France (AFP) Mar 12, 2025 An extraordinary jump in ocean temperatures in 2023 and 2024 was at the extreme end of expectations from global warming and would have been "practically impossible" without climate change, new research said Wednesday. ... more |
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Sweden risks missing carbon neutrality goals: OECDStockholm (AFP) Mar 12, 2025 Sweden might fail to meet its and the EU's carbon neutrality targets after recent environmental policy shifts, the OECD warned in a report published Wednesday. ... more |
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Guatemala volcanic eruption deemed over after spewing lava, evacuationsAlotenango, Guatemala (AFP) Mar 11, 2025 Guatemalan authorities evacuated around 1,000 people Monday after Central America's most active volcano erupted, spewing lava, ash and rocks. ... more 
Smog bound Indian cities dominate global pollution rankings: reportParis (AFP) Mar 11, 2025 Despite an improvement in 2024, India again dominated global rankings for the cities with the most dangerous particle smog while Chad was the most polluted country, according to a report published Tuesday. ... more  
Scientists say Trump cuts threaten climate research, public safetyWashington (AFP) Mar 11, 2025 Climate scientist Tom Di Liberto had dreamed of working at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) since college. After more than a decade as a contractor, he finally secured a full-time position nearly two years ago. ... more 
Trump's anti-diversity and immigration stance overshadows SXSW festivalAustin (AFP) Mar 11, 2025 Shockwaves from the Trump administration's campaign against pro-diversity policies and its harsh anti-immigrant rhetoric were felt throughout the South By Southwest festival, the sprawling arts and tech event long known for championing progressive values. ... more |
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