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Nile is in mortal danger, from its source to the s...
The pharaohs worshipped it as a god, the eternal bringer of life. But the clock is ticking on the Nile.
S.Africa will need $500 bn to reach net zero: Worl...
South Africa, one of the world's largest greenhouse gas emitters, will require at least half-a-trillion dollars to achieve carbon...
Ardern in a flap as wren rocks N. Zealand's bird b...
A tiny mountain-dwelling wren was the surprise winner Monday of New Zealand's controversial bird of the year competition, which ev...
More than 6,000 baby turtles are released in Peru
More than 6,000 hatchlings of three species of endangered turtles have been released into lakes and lagoons in Peru's Amazon basin...
Heat waves cost poor countries the most, exacerbat...
Heat waves, intensified by climate change, have cost the global economy trillions of dollars in the last 30 years, a study publish...
Global warming palpable for 96% of humans: study
Whether they realised it or not, some 7.6 billion people -- 96 percent of humanity -- felt global warming's impact on temperatures...
The Amazon: a burning question absent in Brazil vo...
Felipe Guimaraes leaps on and off a surfboard on the sand as he shows tourists the basics of surfing. Here, on Rio de Janeiro's Ip...
Greeks turn to firewood to heat homes amid energy...
Residents of the Athens suburb of Glyfada who are struggling to heat their homes as energy prices soar now have an option -- free...
New NASA tool helps detect 'super-emitters' of met...
NASA scientists, using a tool designed to study how dust affects climate, have identified more than 50 spots around the world emit...
Partial solar eclipse begins in Iceland headed tow...
A partial solar eclipse began over Iceland on Tuesday as the rare celestial spectacle started to make its way east across a swathe...
Singapore targets net zero by 2050, eyes hydrogen...
Singapore announced Tuesday it aims to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, giving a firm date for the first time, and will look at...
Post-Diwali Delhi wakes to toxic firecracker smog
New Delhi woke to toxic smog on Tuesday after Diwali revellers defied a firecracker ban and risked jail to celebrate the annual Hi...
'We don't eat lithium': S. America longs for benef...
The turquoise glimmer of open-air pools contrasts sharply with the dazzling white of salt flats in Latin America's "lithium triang...
Nine dead, million seek shelter as cyclone hits Ba...
At least nine people have died after a cyclone slammed into Bangladesh, forcing the evacuation of around a million people from the...
Food shock: Crop-battering disasters highlight cli...
Rolling crises linked to war, weather disasters and the pandemic have shaken global food systems and tipped millions into hunger a...
Will climate change doom US truck habit? Detroit s...
The US consumer's love for enormous vehicles has been seen by outsiders as a curiosity and sometimes a sign of profligacy.
Europe's bees stung by climate, pesticides and par...
Bees pollinate 71 of the 100 crop species that provide 90 percent of food worldwide. They also pollinate wild plants, helping sust...
Aid slowly reaches Nigerian flood victims
Along a highway engulfed by dark waters, Nigeria residents load dozens of boats full of food to bring assistance to the victims of...
LED tech boosts saplings, hopes for UK net zero bi...
Surrounded by rows of healthy saplings grown using the latest LED technology, Scottish forestry researcher Kenny Hay has been left...
Vietnam's 'wave of repression' threatens climate g...
A "new wave of repression" in Vietnam is jeopardising progress in tackling climate change, human rights groups told UN chief Anton...
French climate activists target store lights in Pa...
Paris climate activists have found a new way to get across their message against energy waste in the City of Light -- switching of...
EU leaders fight for common ground on energy price...
EU leaders are set for tough talks on how to handle Europe's energy shock Thursday, with capitals at loggerheads over imposing a c...
EU leaders struggle for common ground on energy pr...
EU leaders will debate how to handle Europe's energy shock Thursday, with capitals at loggerheads over imposing a cap on gas price...
Riot of color draws fall tourists to Canadian moun...
Despite the complete absence of snow, the ski resort in Canada's Quebec province attracts tens of thousands of visitors every fall...
French oil refinery strikes begin to ease
After three weeks of blockades, strikes at sites owned by French oil giant TotalEnergies were starting to ease on Wednesday, altho...
Fossil fuel CO2 emissions up slightly in 2022: IEA
Global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion are expected to grow just one percent this year despite concerns over...
Host Qatar's World Cup 'carbon neutral' claims und...
Organisers have promised a carbon neutral World Cup next month in Qatar but environmental groups are warning that the tournament w...
Climate change may boost Arctic 'virus spillover'...
A warming climate could bring viruses in the Arctic into contact with new environments and hosts, increasing the risk of "viral sp...
Warming waters 'key culprit' in Alaska crab mass d...
Climate change is a prime suspect in a mass die-off of Alaska's snow crabs, experts say, after the state took the unprecedented st...
Gold mining threatens 'forest giraffe' in DR Congo
Gold mining in a Democratic Republic of Congo national park is threatening the okapi, a stripy-legged relative of the giraffe, civ...
Qatar inaugurates solar plant as World Cup approac...
Gas-rich Qatar inaugurated Tuesday its first solar power plant stretching across the desert, a vast site planned to provide up to...
Senegal not giving up on oil and gas
The new offshore gas terminal appears through the morning mist cloaking the Atlantic Ocean near Saint Louis, where Senegal meets M...