ENVIRONMENT

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Climate change hits trout and salmon in UK's prized chalk streams
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
A fly fisherman cast his line into the crystal-clear waters of the Itchen, a chalk stream in Hampshire in southern England, home to salmon and trout hit by clim...
Colombia moves to resume use of risky coca-killing spray
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
Colombia's new right-wing government has created a loophole to resume spraying coca crops with an herbicide linked to cancer in humans, it emerged Friday.
Australia to evacuate sub-Antarctic research base over bird flu fears
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
Australia said Friday it would evacuate workers from a research station on a remote island over the "psychosocial" risk caused by a potential outbreak of the hi...
Tigers, hyenas, camel found in raid on Mexican fuel smugglers
Aug 27, 2026 (AFP)
Mexican authorities said Thursday that they had rescued Bengal tigers, mandrills, hyenas and even a camel during raids on a fuel smuggling ring in the northeast...
World's soils deteriorating while solutions go unused: UN
Aug 27, 2026 (AFP)
More than half of the world's soils are in poor condition, threatening global food supplies and biodiversity, while proven measures to improve soil health are n...
Japan to survey animal cafes over hygiene, welfare concerns
Aug 27, 2026 (AFP)
Japan plans to probe popular animal cafes, where visitors can interact with anything from cats to capybaras, following concerns about hygiene and the creatures'...
Climate change leaves its mark on America's largest reservoir
Aug 27, 2026 (AFP)
From high in the hills around Las Vegas, tourist Choune Osterero gazes down at the line of chalky mineral deposits left on the rocks around Lake Mead as the lev...
Germany reports record 15,800 heat-related deaths this summer
Aug 27, 2026 (AFP)
Germany registered a record 15,800 heat-related deaths this summer as Europe struggled through a series of punishing heatwaves, the national public health insti...
Germany reports record 15,800 heat-related deaths this summer
Aug 27, 2026 (AFP)
Germany has registered a record 15,800 heat-related deaths this summer as Europe struggles through a series of punishing heatwaves, the national public health i...
Tunisia's Saied blames 'premeditated acts' for water, power cuts
Aug 27, 2026 (AFP)
Tunisian President Kais Saied, who has ruled with near-total power since 2021, said on Thursday that premeditated acts were behind prolonged water and electrici...
Algeria declares national mourning over wildfire deaths
Aug 27, 2026 (AFP)
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Thursday declared a three-day national mourning after wildfires in the northeast killed at least 12 people and injure...
CORRECTED: Tigers, hyenas, camel found in raid on Mexican fuel smugglers
Aug 27, 2026 (AFP)
Mexican authorities said Thursday that they had rescued Bengal tigers, mandrills, hyenas and even a camel during raids on a fuel smuggling ring in the northeast...
Finland defends shores against oil spill risk
Aug 27, 2026 (AFP)
On a lush island in the Gulf of Finland, workers are toiling to protect the coastline from oil-spills -- a risk heightened by Russian shadow fleet shipments and...
Japan to survey animal cafes over hygiene, welfare concerns
Aug 27, 2026 (AFP)
Japan plans to probe popular animal cafes, where visitors can interact with anything from cats to capybaras, following concerns about hygiene and the creatures'...
Corals show El Nino intensifying as planet warms: study
Aug 27, 2026 (AFP)
Coral skeleton records stretching back 1,000 years show El Nino episodes are intensifying as the planet warms, carrying major implications for a future under cl...
Too hot to incubate: Nile crocodiles hatch on their own in French reserve
Aug 26, 2026 (AFP)
France's heatwaves have produced an unusual outcome at a wildlife park, where 10 Nile crocodiles hatched without human assistance for the first time, the direct...
How narwhal 'scientists' track Arctic warming
Aug 26, 2026 (AFP)
The fight against climate change has a new, spiral-tusked ally: the narwhal.
Peruvian environmentalist didn't actually die: Indigenous group
Aug 26, 2026 (AFP)
An Indigenous organization in Peru on Wednesday went back on its word after announcing the death of an Indigenous environmental defender, stating that he was in...
Thirty-four Australians missing in Nepal flash floods: PM Albanese
Aug 26, 2026 (AFP)
Thirty-four Australians are missing following flash flooding through the Nepal-Tibet border region, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Thursday.
Thai held over parrot eggs haul in South Africa
Aug 26, 2026 (AFP)
South African customs officials arrested a Thai national trying to smuggle 50 suspected endangered parrot eggs through Johannesburg's main airport, the environm...
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