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'Greatest con job ever': Trump trashes climate science at UNUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 23, 2025 He mocked renewables as a "joke," praised "clean, beautiful coal" and declared climate change the "greatest con job ever." ... more 
Turkey facing worst drought in over 50 yearsIstanbul (AFP) Sept 23, 2025 Turkey is experiencing its worst drought in over half a century, with rainfall dropping by 27 percent compared to the last three decades and even more in some regions, according to data published this week. ... more  
Cities face risk of water shortages in coming decades: studyParis (AFP) Sept 23, 2025 Hotspots of water scarcity could emerge by the 2020s and 2030s across the Mediterranean, southern Africa, and North America, as climate change intensifies droughts, a new study said Tuesday. ... more  
EU proposes new delay to anti-deforestation rulesBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Sept 23, 2025 The EU said Tuesday it will seek a new one-year delay to sweeping anti-deforestation rules cheered by green groups but assailed by key trading partners from the United States to Indonesia. ... more |
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Scientists urge global AI 'red lines' as leaders gather at UNNew York (AFP) Sept 22, 2025 Technology veterans, politicians and Nobel Prize winners called on nations around the world Monday to quickly establish "red lines" too dangerous for artificial intelligence to cross. ... more 
17 killed in Taiwan after barrier lake burstsHualien, Taiwan (AFP) Sept 24, 2025 At least 17 people were killed when a decades-old barrier lake burst in Taiwan, government officials said Wednesday, after Super Typhoon Ragasa pounded the island with torrential rain. ... more  
Polluting Singapore ship's agent pays token damages to Sri LankaColombo (AFP) Sept 24, 2025 A Singapore-registered ship's Sri Lanka agent paid $1 million out of $1 billion damages awarded for causing the island's worst pollution, a litigant told AFP Wednesday. ... more  
Typhoon Ragasa hits south China after killing 15 in TaiwanYangjiang, China (AFP) Sept 24, 2025 Fierce winds, pounding rain and rough seas battered southern China and Hong Kong on Wednesday as powerful Typhoon Ragasa churned toward millions of people in Guangdong Province after killing at least 15 in Taiwan. ... more |
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Philippines 'ghost' flood projects leave residents strandedPlaridel, Philippines (AFP) Sept 19, 2025 The dike meant to protect the Philippine town cost taxpayers nearly $2 million, but when a minister visited this month he found little more than dirt hastily dumped along the river's banks. ... more |
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Germany's Merz rejects claims he is slowing green shiftBerlin (AFP) Sept 24, 2025 German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Wednesday rejected claims his government was undermining the climate change fight, but insisted that industry also needed to be protected to revive the crisis-wracked economy. ... more 
Seychelles votes amid concerns over hotel near marine reserveVictoria, Seychelles (AFP) Sept 24, 2025 Citizens in the beach paradise of Seychelles vote this week in tightly fought elections amid concerns over a Qatari hotel complex being built near a world-renowned marine reserve. ... more  
No pause for food delivery riders during Pakistan's monsoonLahore, Pakistan Sept 24, 2025 Abdullah Abbas waded through Lahore's flooded streets, struggling to push his motorcycle and deliver a food order on time. ... more  
Pentagon bans reporters from accessing unauthorized infoWashington DC (UPI) Sep 20, 2025 Journalists covering the Pentagon will have to pledge to access only authorized information or lose their press credentials, the Department of War announced Friday. ... more |
French consumer group seeks Perrier sales banParis (AFP) Sept 24, 2025 An influential consumer rights association on Wednesday urged a court to ban the sale of Perrier bottled water in France, saying the brand's claim that its product is "natural" was misleading. ... more  |
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Floating wind power sets sail in Japan's energy shiftGoto, Japan (AFP) Sept 21, 2025 Close to a small fishing port in southwestern Japan, the slim white turbines of the country's first commercial-scale floating wind farm glimmer offshore, months before a key project in Tokyo's green-energy strategy begins. ... more 
What is the high seas treaty?United Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 19, 2025 The high seas treaty aims to protect marine life in ocean waters worldwide that no country can claim as its own. ... more 
What to look for in China and Europe's climate plansParis Sept 19, 2025 Dozens of countries are expected to announce new climate targets before the UN COP30 summit in November, but none will be as closely scrutinised as the pledges made by China and the EU. ... more 
Wopke Hoekstra, driving EU climate policy as bloc hits brakesBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Sept 18, 2025 In two years steering EU climate policy, Wopke Hoekstra has gone some way to winning over green advocates wary of his corporate background. His challenge now is pursuing the bloc's goals as the wind shifts against climate action. ... more |
 
Traces of life detected in Finnish crater shed light on origins of life on EarthLondon, Canada (SPX) Sep 25, 2025 An international team of scientists, including Western University's Gordon Osinski, has for the first time dated the emergence of microorganisms inside a meteorite crater, demonstrating that life de ... more  
Simulations of Exoplanet Formation May Help Inform Search for Extraterrestrial LifeMelbourne FL (SPX) Sep 25, 2025 Florida Tech astrophysicist Howard Chen is offering new insights to help aid NASA's search for life beyond Earth. His latest theoretical work investigates the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system, one of the ... more  
Ancient hot springs reveal how microbes thrived before Earth gained oxygenTokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 25, 2025 Earth was once an anoxic planet where oxygen was toxic to life, and researchers are turning to Japan's rare iron-rich hot springs to better understand how early microbes survived. A study led by Fat ... more  
85 hidden lakes discovered beneath Antarctic ice sheetParis, France (SPX) Sep 25, 2025 Thanks to more than a decade of satellite measurements, scientists have uncovered 85 previously unknown subglacial lakes deep below Antarctica, dramatically expanding knowledge of the continent's hi ... more |
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Framework proposed to study planetary scale impact of lifeLos Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 25, 2025 An international team led by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has introduced a new concept called Earth system engineering to better understand how organisms, including humans, have reshaped plane ... more
Ancient iron spheres reveal ocean carbon shortage in early EarthBerlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 25, 2025 Earth scientists at ETH Zurich have identified a natural archive of primordial ocean chemistry: tiny egg-shaped iron oxide stones known as ooids. These mineral grains, formed like rolling snowballs ... more  
Mantle heterogeneity mapped at unprecedented fine scaleTokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 25, 2025 A Japanese-led research team has provided the first direct measurement of the spatial scale of chemical heterogeneity in the Earth's upper mantle, revealing that mantle plume-driven variability exte ... more 
Climate change causing havoc with global water cycle: UNGeneva (AFP) Sept 18, 2025 Climate change is spurring increasingly erratic and extreme swings between deluge and drought globally, with cascading repercussions for societies, the United Nations warned on Thursday. ... more |
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Schools shut, flights cancelled as Typhoon Ragasa nears Hong KongHong Kong (AFP) Sept 23, 2025 Hong Kong shut schools and cancelled flights on Tuesday as Super Typhoon Ragasa neared the financial centre with a force that officials warned would be among the most destructive in the city's recent history. ... more |
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Over 60,000 Europeans died from heat during 2024 summer: studyParis (AFP) Sept 22, 2025 More than 60,000 people died from heat in Europe during last year's record-breaking summer, a benchmark study said Monday, in the latest warning of the massive toll climate change is having on the continent. ... more  
Canada wildlife decline 'most severe' in decades: WWFMontreal (AFP) Sept 22, 2025 Biodiversity in Canada has plunged 10 percent over the last half century, with hundreds of species facing extinction, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) said in a report Monday. ... more 
EU proposes new one-year delay to anti-deforestation rulesBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Sept 23, 2025 The European Union will seek to postpone by another year the implementation of a sweeping anti-deforestation law opposed by some businesses and trading partners, the bloc's environment chief said Tuesday. ... more 
Four dead in Thailand monsoon floodsBangkok (AFP) Sept 23, 2025 Four people were killed in flooding in central Thailand, the nation's disaster agency said Tuesday, with more heavy rain forecast this week during the annual monsoon. ... more |
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