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New Zealand blocks lawsuits against firms over climate harm
Aug 19, 2026 (AFP)
New Zealand has passed hotly contested legislation to block lawsuits that seek to hold companies liable for climate change harm.
'How many will die?': the mysterious ailment killing Kenyan elephants
Aug 19, 2026 (AFP)
Lying on the ground and kicking up a cloud of dust, the elephant slowly exhausted himself in futile attempts to stand, the latest victim of a mysterious ailment...
'How many will die?': the mysterious ailment killing Kenyan elephants
Aug 19, 2026 (AFP)
Lying on the ground and kicking up a cloud of dust, the elephant slowly exhausted himself in futile attempts to stand, the latest victim of a mysterious ailment...
Honduras places 80% of country on El Nino drought alert
Aug 19, 2026 (AFP)
The Honduran government on Wednesday placed 80 percent of the country, including the capital, on drought alert as El Nino scorches harvests and causes livestock...
Parched and desperate for rain, Kazakhstan turns to cloud-seeding
Aug 19, 2026 (AFP)
There were only arid steppes in sight when a small plane took off from an airport in southern Kazakhstan, embarking on a delicate mission: bringing rain for the...
7,300 excess deaths and counting in France's historically hot summer
Aug 19, 2026 (AFP)
France saw more than 7,300 excess deaths during heatwaves so far this year, health authorities said Wednesday, as the country has also endured a record number o...
More than 7,300 excess deaths in France's historically hot summer so far
Aug 19, 2026 (AFP)
France saw more than 7,300 excess deaths during heatwaves so far this year, health authorities said Wednesday, as the country has also endured a record number o...
Parched and desperate for rain, Kazakhstan turns to cloud-seeding
Aug 19, 2026 (AFP)
There were only arid steppes in sight when a small plane took off from an airport in southern Kazakhstan, embarking on a delicate mission: bringing rain for the...
Italian scientists bet on octopus to fight crab invasion
Aug 19, 2026 (AFP)
From a fishing trawler in the Adriatic, Italian scientists gently release thousands of tiny octopuses in the hope of fighting an invasive crab species that has ...
North Sea drilling tests UK govt climate pledge
Aug 19, 2026 (AFP)
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham must decide in the coming weeks whether to authorise two North Sea drilling projects, an issue which has divided his own Lab...
Bodies of Belgian climbers who vanished in 1992 found in Swiss Alps
Aug 19, 2026 (AFP)
The bodies of two Belgian climbers who disappeared in the Swiss Alps 34 years ago have been found, freed from the melting Trift Glacier, police said Wednesday.
France endures more than 50 heatwave days in 2026: AFP analysis
Aug 19, 2026 (AFP)
France has already endured a record 52 days of heatwaves since mid-June, with summer yet to end, according to an AFP analysis of Meteo-France data.
Firefighters push to 'encircle' Belgian wildfire
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
Firefighters launched a potentially decisive push Tuesday to encircle Belgium's largest wildfire in a century, despite wind and rain hampering air support opera...
How only a few tree species drive Amazon forest recovery
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
When a destroyed section of the Amazon rainforest begins to recover, nature deploys only a few tree species, which can withstand poor soil conditions, blazing s...
Climate change main driver of European ocean warming: study
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
Climate change is the main driver of Europe's rising marine temperatures, directly adding around 2C of warming in the Mediterranean this summer and severely imp...
US moves to open vast tracts of pristine forests to logging
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday proposed a rule change that would open 44 million acres of wild, undisturbed forest for road construction and...
German grain harvest seen falling 7% this year amid drought
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
Germany's grain harvest is expected to fall by seven percent this year as a result of severe drought and heatwaves, the German Farmers' Association (DBV) warned...
German farmers warn of drought toll on grain harvest
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
Germany's grain harvest is expected to fall by seven percent this year after months of severe drought and heatwaves, the German Farmers' Association (DBV) said ...
Make it rain: Indonesia chases clouds to stem El Nino fires
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
Indonesia's Borneo, home to pristine rainforest and protected species, is burning. Meteorologist Safillah Anggie Wahyuni hopes a solution lies in the clouds.
Whales spark joy in New York but face threats from boat traffic
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
"WHALE AT ONE O'CLOCK!"
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