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  Nairobi (AFP) Sept 4, 2023 Kenya's president opened a landmark African climate summit on Monday saying the continent had an "unparalleled opportunity" to benefit from action to tackle global warming. The inaugural Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi comes ahead of a flurry of diplomatic meetings leading to the November COP28 climate summit in the oil-rich United Arab Emirates, which will likely be dominated by clashing visions for the world's energy future. The three-day event is billed as bringing together leaders from th ... read more |
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African climate summit seeks to showcase green power potentialParis (AFP) Sept 1, 2023 Kenya next week hosts a flagship climate conference designed to showcase Africa as a potential powerhouse for green energy, in the first of a flurry of big meetings ahead of crunch UN talks. ... more 
African children 'least able to cope' with climate risks: UNNairobi (AFP) Sept 1, 2023 Children in Africa are exceptionally vulnerable to climate change but are "woefully" ignored by those responsible for funding the fight against the crisis, the United Nations said Friday. ... more  
Sensing city night heat from spaceParis (ESA) Aug 25, 2023 Confirmed by the World Meteorological Organization, July 2023 was the hottest month on record, with high-impact weather continuing through August. These records are based on air temperatures, but me ... more  
New research reveals Earth's ancient 'breath'Portsmouth UK (SPX) Sep 04, 2023 An international team of scientists have uncovered an important link between Earth's early atmosphere and the chemistry of its deep mantle. The study, which was led by researchers at the Unive ... more |
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Go with the flow -- or flee: Burners split over mud tacticsBlack Rock City, United States (AFP) Sept 4, 2023 The music kept blasting but not everyone was reveling this year at the Burning Man festival in the barren expanse of Nevada desert: rain turned the site into a muddy quagmire that made the festival a survival ordeal for some of the 70,000 participants. ... more |
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Scientists Predict 10 pct Dryland Expansion Globally by 2100Beijing (XNA) Sep 04, 2023 Scientists have predicted a great reduction in terrestrial water storage in the next 70 years, accompanied by an expansion of global drylands up to about 10 percent, according to the Chinese Academy ... more  
Storm Haikui heads to China after double landfall in TaiwanTaitung, Taiwan (AFP) Sept 4, 2023 Typhoon Haikui toppled hundreds of trees, damaged coastal roads and dumped torrential rain across Taiwan Monday before it weakened into a severe tropical storm and headed for southern China. ... more  
Amnesty calls for action on rights in China's XinjiangGeneva (AFP) Aug 30, 2023 Amnesty International decried Thursday the "woefully inadequate" international response after the UN released a bombshell report last year detailing a litany of abuses in China's Xinjiang province. ... more  
Outrage after rare brown bear shot dead in central ItalyRome (AFP) Sept 1, 2023 Italian politicians and wildlife experts condemned Friday the shooting dead of a rare brown bear, as a search was underway for her two cubs. ... more |
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Climate change, pests threaten Mexico City's iconic palmsMexico City (AFP) Aug 30, 2023 Climate change and a deadly disease spread by insects have forced authorities in Mexico City to chop down palm trees beloved by residents as an emblem of the capital. ... more |
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DR Congo talks sound alarm for central African rainforestKinshasa (AFP) Sept 1, 2023 A conference in DR Congo on central Africa's precious rainforests has raised the alarm about the colliding interests of conservation and farming. ... more 
Fish stocks survive ocean heatwaves: studyBrest, France (AFP) Aug 30, 2023 Ocean fish can weather marine heatwaves with no major impact on their numbers, a study showed Wednesday, a rare flash of good news following a summer of record-breaking temperatures. ... more  
How climate change boosts hurricanesWashington (AFP) Aug 31, 2023 Scientists are sounding the alarm on human-caused climate change's impact on hurricanes such as Idalia, which rapidly intensified over a warm Gulf of Mexico before making landfall in Florida on Wednesday. ... more  
Heat records topple across sweltering AsiaBangkok (AFP) Sept 1, 2023 Temperature records are being toppled across Asia, from India's summer to Australia's winter, authorities said Friday, in fresh evidence of the impact of climate change. ... more |
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At least 25 civilians killed in 48 hours in Sudan: activists, medicWad Madani, Sudan (AFP) Sept 3, 2023 Five civilians were killed by bombs that "fell on their homes" in Khartoum, a Sudanese medical source told AFP, a day after an air strike in the city's south killed at least 20 civilians. ... more |
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Freak flooding in Algeria kills eightAlgiers (AFP) Sept 3, 2023 Flooding caused by torrential rain has killed eight people in western Algeria, the country's civil defence service said on Sunday. ... more  
Electric eels hold clue to new way to stimulate human cellsWashington DC (UPI) Aug 30, 2023 A chain reaction similar to how some eels generate electricity could be used in a novel biomedical way to stimulate cells in the human body, researchers at the University of Oxford said. ... more  
Pope Francis visits Mongolia amid strained relations between Catholics, ChinaWashington DC (UPI) Sep 1, 2023 Pope Francis on Friday became the first pontiff to visit Mongolia as part of a three-day trip aimed at engaging with Catholics in the reclusive, former communist nation amid increasing tensions with Beijing. ... more 
Oh, deer: In US capital, 'Bambi' is increasingly unwelcomeWashington (AFP) Sept 4, 2023 To some, they are a magical sight to behold in the heart of the city - to others a pest that eats through their gardens, endangers traffic and helps spread tick-borne diseases. ... more |
Cute but calamitous: Australia labours under rabbit numbersParis (AFP) Sept 3, 2023 With their outsized ears and fluffy fur, rabbits are often seen as cute and harmless. Yet the creature is behind one of the globe's most harmful biological invasions, ravaging Australia, whose efforts to limit the problem have tended only to make things worse. ... more 
Helping or hindering? US scientists debate how to save giant sequoiasKings Canyon National Park, United States (AFP) Sept 4, 2023 When ferocious wildfires tore through California's prized giant sequoia forests, they killed towering trees that have lived there for thousands of years - and perhaps changed the nature of the groves forever. ... more 
Minnows blamed for algae-filled French, Spanish lakesSeix, France (AFP) Sept 3, 2023 Perched 1,800 metres (about 6,000 feet) near France's border with Spain lies the emerald Areau lake - whose colour experts blame on minnows used by anglers as live bait. ... more 
Study: Global wetlands, coral reefs 'hanging by a thread' as sea levels riseWashington DC (UPI) Aug 30, 2023 A study published Wednesday shows rising sea levels are endangering coastal wetland and coral reef ecosystems that are unlikely to keep pace with the "drowning" effects of sea-level rise. ... more |
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Malaysia's Forest City teeters over China property giant woesForest City, Malaysia (AFP) Sept 3, 2023 On the approach to Malaysia's $100-billion island megaproject backed by Chinese investment, a collapsed bridge forces drivers to detour before they reach an artificial city emerging from palm oil trees where condos, roads and shops lay empty. ... more  
Invasive species a growing and costly threat, key report to findParis (AFP) Sept 4, 2023 Invasive species that destroy forests, ravage crops and cause extinctions are a major and growing threat worldwide, a landmark UN-backed assessment is poised to report. ... more 
Iran pilgrims among 18 dead in Iraq crashSamarra, Iraq (AFP) Sept 2, 2023 A collision between two minibuses killed 18 people, mostly Iranian pilgrims, north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, medical officials said on Saturday. ... more  
Experts blame poor govt preparation for Greek fires' devastationAthens (AFP) Sept 2, 2023 While the Greek government has been quick to blame global warming for the summer's devastating wildfires, some experts argue that poor planning is at least as much to blame. ... more |
Two Chinese among 4 killed in attack on DRC gold convoyBukavu, Dr Congo (AFP) Sept 2, 2023 Two Chinese nationals and two others were killed in an attack on a convoy carrying gold in the Democratic Republic of Congo's lawless east, local authorities said Saturday. ... more 
Five killed in 'terrorist' attack in in Burkina FasoOuagadougou (AFP) Sept 2, 2023 Four Burkina Faso army auxiliaries and a Burkinabe policeman have been killed in an attack in the centre of the country, the army announced Saturday. ... more 
White House race overshadows Biden visit to Florida hurricane zoneLive Oak, United States (AFP) Sept 2, 2023 The 2024 election overshadowed President Joe Biden's trip to Florida on Saturday to survey hurricane relief efforts, as the state's governor and White House hopeful Ron DeSantis snubbed the visiting commander in chief. ... more  
Chinese flock to Mongolia hoping for papal visit of their ownUlaanbaatar (AFP) Sept 2, 2023 Chinese Catholics flocked to Mongolia's capital to see Pope Francis this weekend, getting a glimpse of grand public expressions of religious faith unthinkable back home, and visitors expressed hope that the pontiff could one day visit them. ... more |
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Pope arrives in Mongolia, sends message of 'unity and peace' to ChinaUlaanbaatar (AFP) Sept 1, 2023 Pope Francis arrived in Mongolia on Friday for the first papal visit to the Asian nation, as he sent a message of "unity and peace" to neighbouring China in a bid to improve ties. ... more  
Study quantifies link between greenhouse gases, polar bear survivalWashington (AFP) Aug 31, 2023 Polar bears have long symbolized the dangers posed by climate change, as rising temperatures melt away the Arctic sea ice they depend upon for survival. ... more
EU police seize 25 tonnes of endangered eels headed for AsiaMadrid (AFP) Aug 31, 2023 Police across Europe have seized 25 tonnes of eels and baby eels destined for Asia in a huge operation targeting smugglers of the critically endangered creatures, Spanish police said Thursday. ... more 
More Brazil Supreme Court judges vote on Indigenous land rights caseBrasilia (AFP) Sept 1, 2023 Brazil's Supreme Court on Thursday ended its latest deliberations on whether to restrict native peoples' rights to claim their ancestral lands - seen as key buffers against climate change - with four votes against and two in favor. ... more |
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