Millions of insects migrate through 30-metre Pyrenees passScience
SourceJune 14, 2024
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Millions of insects migrate through 30-metre Pyrenees pass
By Alex Morrison, University of Exeter Over 17 million insects migrate each year through a single mountain pass on the border between France and Spain,…

North Macedonia’s beekeepers face climate change challengeClimateNews
SourceJune 14, 2024
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North Macedonia’s beekeepers face climate change challenge
By Darko DURIDANSKI | AFP Tetovo, Republic Of North Macedonia - Every day, Magda Miloseska dons a white, protective suit and enters the domain of…

Gray whales shrinking fast as climate warmsClimateNews
SourceJune 13, 2024
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Gray whales shrinking fast as climate warms
By Issam AHMED | AFP Washington, United States - Pacific coast gray whales have shrunk in length an astonishing 13 percent since 2000, adding to…

Low-cost sensors: a game changer for global air quality monitoring and people’s healthNews
Adrian AlexandreJune 13, 2024
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Low-cost sensors: a game changer for global air quality monitoring and people’s health
In a bid to address the growing concerns over air pollution's impact on health and the environment, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has unveiled a…

Polar bears could vanish from Canada’s Hudson Bay if temperatures rise 2CClimateNews
SourceJune 13, 2024
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Polar bears could vanish from Canada’s Hudson Bay if temperatures rise 2C
By Nick Perry | AFP Paris, France - An international team of scientists said Thursday that polar bears faced local extinction in Canada's Hudson Bay…

Humans are the elephant in the room where conservation is debatedScience
SourceJune 13, 2024
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Humans are the elephant in the room where conservation is debated
By Sue Nichols | Michigan State University Studies working to map conservation historically have left humans out of the equation. This study proposes ways to…

Cocaine trafficking threatens critical bird habitatsScience
SourceJune 13, 2024
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Cocaine trafficking threatens critical bird habitats
By Pat Leonard Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Cornell University In addition to its human consequences, cocaine trafficking harms the environment and threatens habitats important…

Specialist and migratory birds at greater risk under climate changeClimate
SourceJune 12, 2024
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Specialist and migratory birds at greater risk under climate change
By Lauren Quinn, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Following decades of decline, even fewer birds will darken North American skies by the end of the century,…

IEA sees ‘major’ oil supply surplus emerging by 2030News
SourceJune 12, 2024
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IEA sees ‘major’ oil supply surplus emerging by 2030
Paris, France (AFP) - The world is likely to have a "major surplus" of oil by 2030 as production is ramped up while the clean…

Athens Acropolis to close during hottest hours Wednesday amid heatwaveNews
SourceJune 12, 2024
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Athens Acropolis to close during hottest hours Wednesday amid heatwave
Athens, Greece (AFP) - The Athens Acropolis, Greece's most visited tourist site, will close to the public during the hottest hours of Wednesday as a…

Climate misinformation overshadows record floods worldwideClimateNews
SourceJune 11, 2024
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Climate misinformation overshadows record floods worldwide
By Manon JACOB | AFP Washington, United States - Climate skeptics are scapegoating a weather modification technique known as cloud seeding to deny the role…

Iceland grants whaling license for 2024 season: govtNews
SourceJune 11, 2024
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Iceland grants whaling license for 2024 season: govt
Reykjavik, Iceland (AFP) - Iceland's government said Tuesday that it had granted a license to hunt 128 fin whales for the country's sole whaler amid…

North China bakes under searing heatwaveNews
SourceJune 11, 2024
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North China bakes under searing heatwave
By Matthew WALSH | AFP Beijing, China - An extreme heat warning was in place in Beijing on Tuesday, with temperatures soaring across northern China…

Dengue, mosquito-borne diseases rising in Europe: EU agencyNews
SourceJune 11, 2024
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Dengue, mosquito-borne diseases rising in Europe: EU agency
Stockholm, Sweden (AFP) - Cases of dengue and other mosquito-borne diseases are rising significantly in Europe as climate change creates warmer conditions that help invasive…

Climate change widening Asia’s education gapClimate
SourceJune 11, 2024
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Climate change widening Asia’s education gap
By Ranjit Devraj, SciDev.Net As temperatures in India’s national capital region hovered above a scorching 47 degrees Celsius in mid-May, authorities ordered the closure of…

EU puts digital Earth in orbit for climate-change fightClimateNews
SourceJune 10, 2024
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EU puts digital Earth in orbit for climate-change fight
Helsinki, Finland (AFP) - A software model of Earth, meant to simulate and monitor environmental hazards while findings ways to mitigate climate change, began its…

We’ve measured the cost of unsustainable industrial fishing on coastal communities – and it’s vastNews
SourceJune 10, 2024
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We’ve measured the cost of unsustainable industrial fishing on coastal communities – and it’s vast
By Miren Gutiérrez, The Conversation Shark finning – the practice of removing the fins from a captured shark and discarding the rest, often still alive, back…

Civil society organizations unveil ‘Principles for a Fair JETP’ framework ahead of G7 summitNewsClimate
Adrian AlexandreJune 10, 2024
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Civil society organizations unveil ‘Principles for a Fair JETP’ framework ahead of G7 summit
A coalition of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) from South Africa, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Senegal has launched the 'Principles for a Fair Just Energy Transition Partnership…

Air pollution linked to 135 million premature deaths: studyNews
SourceJune 10, 2024
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Air pollution linked to 135 million premature deaths: study
Singapore, Singapore (AFP) - Pollution from man-made emissions and other sources like wildfires have been linked to around 135 million premature deaths worldwide between 1980…

Swiss approve law boosting renewable energy generationNews
SourceJune 9, 2024
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Swiss approve law boosting renewable energy generation
By Agnes PEDRERO | AFP Geneva, Switzerland - Switzerland approved a law on Sunday aimed at accelerating the development of renewable energies, as part of…

Oceanic ‘peace’ pact signed in Costa Rica ahead of 2025 UN talksNews
SourceJune 9, 2024
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Oceanic ‘peace’ pact signed in Costa Rica ahead of 2025 UN talks
By Alberto PEÑA | AFP San José, Costa Rica - Over two dozen countries signed a wishful "declaration of peace with the ocean" on Saturday…

New Zealand to end ban on oil and gas explorationNews
SourceJune 9, 2024
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New Zealand to end ban on oil and gas exploration
Wellington, New Zealand (AFP) - New Zealand's government said Sunday it plans to reverse a five-year-old ban on new oil and gas exploration, igniting a…

Aquaculture overtakes wild fisheries for first time: UN reportNews
SourceJune 7, 2024
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Aquaculture overtakes wild fisheries for first time: UN report
By Alberto PEÑA | AFP San José, Costa Rica - Aquaculture is playing an increasingly important role in meeting the world's food needs, surpassing wild…

COP29 climate hosts say they’ll keep expanding fossil fuelsNews
SourceJune 7, 2024
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COP29 climate hosts say they’ll keep expanding fossil fuels
By Nick Perry | AFP Bonn, Germany - The incoming president of the COP29 UN climate summit in Azerbaijan told AFP on Friday that his…
