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Comet debris signs found in Baffin Bay sediments linked to Younger Dryas coolingLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 08, 2025 Analysis of Baffin Bay ocean sediments has uncovered geochemical evidence consistent with debris from a comet that may have triggered the Younger Dryas cooling event 12,800 years ago. Christopher Mo ... more  
Lioness present in northeast C.Africa for first time in years; New species teem in Cambodia's threatened karstLibreville (AFP) Aug 8, 2025 A conservation group says it has photographic evidence of the presence of a female lion in a national park in northeastern Central African Republic for the first time in six years. ... more  
Brazil's Lula vetoes parts of environmental 'devastation bill'Brasilia (AFP) Aug 8, 2025 Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday vetoed some provisions of a bill that would have made it easier for companies to secure environmental permits, bowing to pressure from activist groups. ... more  
A French sailor's personal 'Plastic Odyssey'Paris Aug 7, 2025 Simon Bernard's private war on plastic pollution began in 2016. ... more |
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A year on, Ugandans still suffering from deadly garbage collapseKampala (AFP) Aug 6, 2025 When the giant landfill collapsed in Uganda's capital Kampala a year ago, Zamhall Nansamba thought she was hearing an aeroplane taking off. ... more 
Abidjan landfill transformed into city parklandAbidjan (AFP) Aug 8, 2025 Beneath the fresh grass and brand-new infrastructure of Abidjan's Akouedo Park lie millions of tons of waste that for decades plagued locals' lives and health. ... more  
Brazil COP30 climate summit lodging too pricey for some nationsParis (AFP) Aug 8, 2025 High prices for lodging may force small island states to slash the size of their delegations to the November COP30 climate summit in Brazil, a representative said Friday. ... more 
Hungarians protest with camels to raise alarm over droughtBudapest (AFP) Aug 7, 2025 A camel-led caravan of farmers, scientists and environmentalists marched through central Budapest on Thursday to raise awareness of desertification and demand that the government take action. ... more |
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UN plastic pollution treaty talks flounderingGeneva (AFP) Aug 9, 2025 Talks on forging a groundbreaking treaty to combat the scourge of plastic pollution were floundering Saturday, with progress slow and countries wildly at odds on what the proposed agreement should cover. ... more |
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France strikes down return of banned bee-killing pesticideParis (AFP) Aug 7, 2025 France's top constitutional authority on Thursday blocked a law that would allow the reintroduction of a pesticide virulently opposed by environmental groups. ... more  
New York declares total war on prolific rat populationNew York Aug 9, 2025 New York is waging a war on multiple fronts to combat the near ubiquitous rats that plague city streets and the subways, leaving some residents afraid to let their children walk on sidewalks. ... more  
US French satellite SWOT captures Kamchatka tsunami in unprecedented detailLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 08, 2025 Data from a joint NASA and CNES mission has provided valuable insights to refine tsunami forecasting models, potentially improving coastal safety worldwide. The Surface Water and Ocean Topogra ... more  
France wildfire kills one as Spanish resort blaze 'stabilised'Saint-Laurent-De-La-Cabrerisse, France (AFP) Aug 6, 2025 French firefighters on Wednesday battled to halt the spread of a wildfire in the south of the country that has left one person dead as emergency workers in Spain subdued a fire that had forced the evacuation of more than 1,500 people from a resort. ... more |
Greeks count cost of wildfire 'tragedy' near Athens; Massive French wildfire contained but 'not under control'Palaia Fokaia, Greece (AFP) Aug 9, 2025 In the municipality of Palaia Fokaia, an hour's drive south of Athens, a typical bucolic Greek landscape of olive groves and hamlets was transformed by a raging Friday wildfire into a dystopia of blackened land and incinerated homes. ... more  |
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UAE rejects Sudan claim it destroyed Emirati plane full of mercenaries; Sudan's PM in Egypt on first foreign visitDubai (AFP) Aug 7, 2025 The United Arab Emirates rejected on Thursday an announcement from Sudan's armed forces saying they had destroyed an Emirati plane ferrying Colombian mercenaries into the country to back paramilitary rivals. ... more  
Mexico's Sheinbaum says no to 'invasion' by U.S. militaryWashington DC (UPI) Aug 9, 2025 Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum won't allow U.S. troops to target drug cartels in Mexico that President Donald Trump has designated as terrorist groups. ... more 
Trump may use military against drug cartels: Colombian president initiates dialogue with top cocaine gangWashington (AFP) Aug 9, 2025 President Donald Trump is moving to target Latin American drug cartels with the military, US media said Friday, after Washington designated several narcotics trafficking groups as "terrorist" organizations earlier this year. ... more  
UK police arrest hundreds for backing banned pro-Palestine groupLondon (AFP) Aug 9, 2025 Police in London arrested 466 people Saturday for supporting Palestine Action at the latest and largest protest backing the group since the government banned it last month under anti-terror laws. ... more |
 
Turkmenistan's methane-spewing 'Gateway to Hell' loses its angerDarvaza, Turkmenistan (AFP) Aug 6, 2025 People go to the "Gateway to Hell" gas crater in the middle of the Turkmenistan desert expecting an angry cauldron but are now coming away unimpressed. ... more  
Trilobite limb study reveals unexpected mobility and mating appendagesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 06, 2025 Scientists at Harvard University have reconstructed the movement and function of 500-million-year-old trilobite limbs, offering new insight into one of Earth's earliest arthropods. By analyzing 156 ... more  
Do you want to freeze a cloud? Desert dust might helpZurich, Switzerland (SPX) Aug 05, 2025 A new study shows that natural dust particles, swirling in from faraway deserts can trigger freezing of clouds in Earth's Northern Hemisphere. This subtle mechanism influences how much sunlight clou ... more 
Greenland subglacial lake eruption reshapes surface ice landscapeParis, France (SPX) Aug 01, 2025 Using data from ESA's CryoSat and Copernicus Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2, along with NASA's ICESat-2, researchers have uncovered a dramatic flood event in northern Greenland where pressurized meltwate ... more |
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Deadly Indian Himalayan flood likely caused by glacier collapse, experts sayNew Delhi (AFP) Aug 7, 2025 A deadly wall of muddy water that swept away an Indian Himalayan town this week was likely caused by a rapidly melting glacier exacerbated by the rising effects of climate change, experts said on Thursday. ... more 
China unveils decades spanning Landsat dataset to advance environmental researchTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 30, 2025 China has released a comprehensive Landsat composite dataset covering nearly four decades of Earth observations. Spanning from 1985 to 2023, the new 30-meter resolution dataset introduces the first ... more 
Defense Department opts to not end satellite data for storm forecastsWashington DC (UPI) Jul 31, 2025 The U.S. Defense Department won't end the dispersal of key satellite weather data on Friday as planned. ... more  
Cold climate origins of primates challenge long held tropical forest theoryLondon, UK (SPX) Aug 06, 2025 Primates may have first emerged in chilly, seasonal environments around 66 million years ago rather than in warm tropical forests, according to new research from the University of Reading. Usi ... more |
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Jumbo journey as Indian elephant set to return homeNew Delhi (AFP) Aug 6, 2025 An Indian elephant taken on an epic journey to a tycoon's giant zoo is expected to return home after protests by the religious community she came from, officials said Wednesday, following a court battle over the animal's welfare at the temple. ... more |
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Scrumped fruit shaped ape evolution and human fondness for alcoholLondon, UK (SPX) Aug 01, 2025 New findings from the University of St Andrews and Dartmouth College highlight how the habit of consuming fallen, fermented fruit-known as scrumping-has played a central role in great ape behavior a ... more  
Solomon Islands bars China and Taiwan from top Pacific summitWellington (AFP) Aug 8, 2025 Pacific nation Solomon Islands has said it would exclude non-member nations from a key regional summit in September, a group that includes China, Taiwan and the United States. ... more 
Zambia rejects US claims of toxins after February mine spillLusaka (AFP) Aug 7, 2025 The Zambian government rejected as alarmist Thursday US government claims that dangerous pollution remained after a copper dam spill six months ago, saying there was no need to cause panic. ... more 
China the world's biggest plastic producerGeneva (AFP) Aug 7, 2025 Seven countries produced two-thirds of the four most common types of plastic in 2024, according to the British environmental consultancy Eunomia and the Zero Carbon Analytics a climate and energy research group. ... more |
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