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Morocco High Atlas whistle language strives for survivalTilouguit, Morocco (AFP) Sept 25, 2025 In Morocco's High Atlas mountains, shepherds Hammou Amraoui and his son hardly need words to speak. Across peaks, they whistle at each other in a centuries-old language, now jeopardised by rural flight. ... more  
China warns Papua New Guinea over Australian defence dealSydney (AFP) Sept 19, 2025 China cautioned Papua New Guinea against "undermining" its interests and sovereignty in signing a mutual defence pact with Australia widely seen as a counter to Beijing's growing influence in the Pacific. ... more 
Con job? Climate change is my job, says island nation leaderNew York (AFP) Sept 24, 2025 US President Donald Trump may dismiss climate change as a "con job" - but for the leader of tiny St. Kitts and Nevis, its toll is unmistakable: land swallowed, homes battered, and livelihoods threatened. ... more 
Nickel mining threatens Indonesia coral haven, NGOs warnJakarta (AFP) Sept 25, 2025 Nickel mining threatens one of the world's most important marine biodiversity and coral hotspots in Indonesia, despite the government revoking several permits, a report warned Thursday. ... more |
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Dozens more Zambian farmers sue over toxic mining spillLusaka (AFP) Sept 25, 2025 More Zambian farmers have filed a fresh lawsuit against a Chinese mining company over a toxic waste spill, following a similar case earlier this month, court documents seen by AFP Thursday showed. ... more  
Is the EU on the retreat on climate?Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Sept 25, 2025 EU chief Ursula von der Leyen tried to reassure the United Nations Wednesday that Europe "will stay the course" on its climate ambition. ... more 
Low bar, high hopes: China unveils new climate goalsUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 25, 2025 China has announced a new climate action plan at a UN meeting - its first pledge to include absolute targets for cutting planet-warming gases - setting a goal of reducing emissions by 7-10 percent by 2035. ... more 
Salvadoran court clears anti-mining activists of civil war murderSan Salvador Sept 24, 2025 A court in El Salvador on Wednesday acquitted eight former guerrillas, including five anti-mining campaigners, of a civil war-era murder in a trial criticized by NGOs as politicized. ... more |
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Hong Kong's coastal businesses pick up pieces after typhoonHong Kong (AFP) Sept 25, 2025 As the storm warning for Super Typhoon Ragasa passed, Mark Cholewka returned to his stylish Hong Kong restaurant to be met by overturned tables and the pungent smell of seawater. ... more |
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Planetary health check warns risk of 'destabilising' Earth systemsParis (AFP) Sept 24, 2025 Humans are gambling the very stability of Earth's life support systems, scientists said Wednesday, warning that ocean acidity was yet another key planetary threshold to be breached. ... more  
South China cleans up after powerful Typhoon RagasaYangjiang, China (AFP) Sept 25, 2025 Hundreds of thousands of people in southern China were clearing up Thursday after powerful Typhoon Ragasa crashed through Guangdong Province, ripping down trees, destroying fences and blasting signs off buildings. ... more  
Lithuania appoints pro-Ukraine governmentVilnius (AFP) Sept 25, 2025 Lithuania's new social-democrat-led government was appointed on Thursday and has pledged to keep investing massively in defence and supporting Ukraine, as well as seek to normalise relations with China. ... 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
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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  
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  
Toxic homes a lasting legacy of Los Angeles firesAltadena, United States (AFP) Sept 24, 2025 The fires that tore through Los Angeles nine months ago didn't destroy Karen Girard's home. But the smoke left her walls, floors and furniture infused with a toxic cocktail. ... more 
'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 |
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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  
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 |
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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 |
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Typhoon Ragasa hits south China after killing 15 in Taiwan Yangjiang, 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 
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  
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 |
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