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The Nigerian fishing community being eaten up by the Atlantic
Aug 21, 2026 (AFP)
The beach shrinks every year in Ayetoro, in southern Nigeria, and what is left is peppered with the remains of homes swallowed by the ocean -- some years ago, s...
Indian tycoon's giant Vantara zoo announces 'reset', rethinks imports
Aug 21, 2026 (AFP)
India's vast Vantara zoo, which calls itself the world's largest animal rescue centre, has announced a major reset under the former head of a global wildlife wa...
Rising Kenyan lakes push crocodiles closer to homes
Aug 21, 2026 (AFP)
A crocodile basks in the sunshine on the roof of a submerged conference hall at a holiday resort in central Kenya, in a visible sign of how rising lake waters a...
Top India court orders new steps to protect threatened elephants
Aug 21, 2026 (AFP)
India's top court has ordered tough new steps to protect wild elephant herds as habitat loss and human-elephant conflict intensify, a move welcomed by campaigne...
Panama Canal to reduce shipping over El Nino-fueled drought
Aug 21, 2026 (AFP)
The Panama Canal will cut the number of ships passing through it starting next month because of drought caused by the El Nino phenomenon, the operator of the st...
What a record-breaking El Nino could mean for the world
Aug 21, 2026 (AFP)
This year's El Nino is on track to be the strongest on record, threatening to unleash extreme weather across the globe and make 2027 the hottest recorded year b...
Popular forest near Paris to reopen after wildfire
Aug 21, 2026 (AFP)
A hugely popular forest outside Paris is to reopen to the public this weekend after being partially ravaged by a wildfire in July, a local official said on Frid...
Austria to enshrine 2040 climate neutrality into law
Aug 21, 2026 (AFP)
Austria's government on Friday announced it would enshrine a target to reach climate neutrality by 2040 into law, as a record drought scorches Europe.
UK forecasts 'biggest' El Nino will smash records, spark hottest year
Aug 21, 2026 (AFP)
This year's El Nino weather pattern will be the biggest in over a century and could make 2027 the hottest year globally, Britain's national weather agency predi...
'How many will die?': the mysterious ailment killing Kenyan elephants
Aug 21, 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...
Heatwave-hit Europe logs over 30,000 excess summer deaths: first figures
Aug 21, 2026 (AFP)
Europe saw at least 30,000 excess deaths across a blistering summer of back-to-back heatwaves and drought which scientists have blamed on man-made climate chang...
Indian tycoon's giant Vantara zoo announces 'reset', rethinks imports
Aug 21, 2026 (AFP)
India's vast Vantara zoo, which calls itself the world's largest animal rescue centre, has announced a major reset under the former head of a global wildlife wa...
Top India court orders new steps to protect threatened elephants
Aug 21, 2026 (AFP)
India's top court has ordered tough new steps to protect wild elephant herds as habitat loss and human-elephant conflict intensify, a move welcomed by campaigne...
El Nino to be 'biggest for over a century': UK Met Office
Aug 21, 2026 (AFP)
This year's El Nino weather pattern will be the biggest in over a century, warming sea surface temperatures to an "unheard-of" level, Britain's national weather...
Brazil's Lula urges tariffs resolution in call with Trump
Aug 21, 2026 (AFP)
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio da Silva urged US counterpart Donald Trump in a phone call on Friday to resolve their countries' trade dispute, saying US tariff...
Morocco's lower-cadmium fertiliser bound for Europe
Aug 21, 2026 (AFP)
At a phosphate mine in Morocco, an excavator tears into the earth to extract a mineral that is at the centre of Europe's growing concern over cadmium in the foo...
Hundreds of Tunisians protest against government, water shortages
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
Hundreds of Tunisians on Thursday demonstrated in the capital against President Kais Saied and issues including power cuts and drinking water shortages.
Panama Canal to reduce shipping over El Nino-fueled drought
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
The Panama Canal will reduce shipping volumes from next month because of a drought fueled by the El Nino phenomenon, the operator of the strategic waterway link...
Germany logged 14,000 heat-related deaths this summer: govt data
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
Germany registered around 14,000 heat-related deaths this summer as Europe struggled through a series of punishing heatwaves, worse than a previous record high ...
North Sea drilling tests UK govt climate pledge
Aug 20, 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...
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