| September 12, 2026 |
Swimming pigs draw tourists to Greek island Sep 11, 2026 (AFP) On a beach of a small Greek island in the Ionian Sea, tourists frolick in the azure waters like most visitors do in the popular Mediterranean country at this time of year. read more |
Indonesia to bring back baby orangutans allegedly trafficked to IndiaSep 11, 2026 (AFP) Indonesian authorities are working to repatriate five baby orangutans allegedly trafficked to India, where they were found motherless in a forest, Jakarta's forestry ministry told AFP Friday. more 
Researchers eye AI revolution in natural disaster forecastsSep 11, 2026 (AFP) A revolution in forecasting natural disasters is underway, say researchers in Switzerland who are training AI models on vast troves of NASA climate data to produce potentially-lifesaving data at lightning speed. more 
Online and undercover: saving trafficked wildlife in ThailandSep 10, 2026 (AFP) Nawee Changpirom has spent years working to rescue trafficked wildlife in Thailand, but even he can sometimes hardly believe the creatures he has found: leopards, hornbills, and once an anteater. more
Girls worst hit by climate shocks on schools: UnicefSep 10, 2026 (AFP) Girls are at greater risk of dropping out of education when their schools are hit by heatwaves, storms or wildfires linked to climate change, the UN children's agency said on Thursday. more |
Brazilian court debates fracking for oil and gasSep 10, 2026 (AFP) A high Brazilian court began debating Wednesday whether to authorize fracking for shale oil and gas deposits, an extraction technique for hard-to-reach reserves which is opposed by environmental advocates. more
Portugal harvests grapes at night to beat the heatSep 10, 2026 (AFP) Equipped with headlamps and pruning shears, a team of farm workers navigate pitch-black darkness during a nocturnal grape harvest that shields them from Portugal's increasingly oppressive summer heat. more |
August hottest month ever recorded globally as huge El Nino emerges Sep 10, 2026 (AFP) Europe's climate monitor said Thursday that August was the hottest month ever recorded around the world and warned of worse to come, as an unprecedented El Nino pattern grows stronger. more
75 percent chance of 'historic' El Nino this year: US agencySep 10, 2026 (AFP) The US weather agency said Thursday that the El Nino pattern in the Pacific was strengthening and there was a 75 percent chance it would reach "historic" intensity this year. more |
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Hottest June to August period on record for 1.3 billion people: AFP analysis of Copernicus data Sep 10, 2026 (AFP) Some 1.3 billion people worldwide this year experienced the hottest June to August period on record, according to an AFP analysis of meteorological data from the European Copernicus programme. more 
Indonesia rescues six orangutans from fires in a weekSep 10, 2026 (AFP) Six orangutans including two nursing infants have been rescued from fires raging on Borneo island in the past week, Indonesian authorities and rescuers said Thursday, bringing the total to 15 in a month. more |
As oceans warm, Florida scientists hunt for heat-resistant coral Sep 10, 2026 (AFP) Off Florida's coast, a team of scientists and trained volunteers in scuba gear descends to the ocean floor and begins planting young coral onto a reef and examining how others are faring in the increasingly warm waters. more
The round-the-clock monitors protecting Bhutan from glacier riskSep 09, 2026 (AFP) In a humble control room a few hours from Bhutan's capital, a team works around the clock to monitor the risks of the Himalayan country's rapidly melting glaciers. more |
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