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S.Leone islanders despair as rising ocean threatens survival

Jul 08, 2025 (AFP)

"Where we are now, it used to be my house, and we used to have a big football field," Kargbo said, but "the water destroyed everything". Over the past five year...

Deep-sea mining negotiators to meet under Trump shadow

Jul 05, 2025 (AFP)

The Jamaica-based body, created by the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, has been working for over a decade on rules governing mineral extraction on the high...

The Seine star of the summer again in Paris

Jul 05, 2025 (AFP)

Here are things you need to know about the storied waterway. - From Vikings to D-Day - From wars to revolutions, most of the seismic events in French history ha...

China says no ambition to build South Pacific military base

Jul 03, 2025 (AFP)

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka warned this week against any Chinese efforts to establish a military toehold in the strategically contested region. "If they...

Fiji says would not welcome China military presence in Pacific

Jul 02, 2025 (AFP)

China has spent years cementing its influence in a string of Pacific island nations, challenging traditional security partners such as the United States and its...

'I lost my battle': warming sea killing Albania fishing

Jul 02, 2025 (AFP)

Albanians like him have lived off the sea for generations, but Kocaj fears his way of life in the Bay of Vlore is coming to an end, with warming waters shrinkin...

'Every day I see land disappear': Suriname's battle to keep sea at bay

Jul 01, 2025 (AFP)

For years, endangered leatherbacks and green turtles have emerged onto Braamspunt beach to lay their eggs. But the land spit at the tip of the Suriname river es...

China to resume some Japanese seafood imports after Fukushima ban

Jun 30, 2025 (AFP)

China and Japan are key trading partners, but increased friction over territorial rivalries and military spending has frayed ties in recent years. Japan's bruta...

Eel-eating Japan opposes EU call for more protection

Jun 27, 2025 (AFP)

Eel is eaten worldwide but is particularly popular in Japan, where is called "unagi" and traditionally served grilled after being covered in a sticky-sweet sauc...

Western Japan sees earliest end to rainy season on record

Jun 27, 2025 (AFP)

The rainy season usually lasts from June to July, but for a large swath of the country -- from Kyoto to the southern island of Kyushu -- it ended roughly three ...

Why the sun is so good at evaporating water

Jun 26, 2025 (SPX)

"It's well established that the sun is exceptionally good at causing water to evaporate - more efficient than heating water on the stove, for instance," says Sa...

NOAA predicts mild to moderate algal bloom for western Lake Erie

Jun 26, 2025 (UPI)

This year's bloom is expected to measure 3 on the HAB severity index, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officials said. Moderate blooms have an in...

Nearly one-third of Pacific nation Tuvalu seeks Australian climate visa

Jun 26, 2025 (AFP)

Australia is offering visas to 280 Tuvalu citizens each year under a climate migration deal Canberra has billed as "the first agreement of its kind anywhere in ...

India will 'never' restore Pakistan water treaty: minister

Jun 21, 2025 (AFP)

India halted the agreement following an April attack on civilians which it accused Pakistan of backing, a charge denied by Islamabad and one which was followed ...

China's Xi tells NZ's Luxon 'no conflicts of interest'

Jun 20, 2025 (AFP)

Luxon's trip comes at a time of tension with New Zealand's close partner the Cook Islands over its ties with Beijing. The self-governing Pacific island nation h...

Cook Islands PM says China deals do not 'compromise' sovereignty

Jun 20, 2025 (AFP)

The agreements prompted major donor New Zealand to halt aid funding to close partner the Cook Islands, citing a "lack of consultation". The Cook Islands has a "...

Most of Europe's bathing waters safe for swimming: report

Jun 20, 2025 (AFP)

All but four percent met the EU's minimum standard ("sufficient") and just 1.5 percent were of "poor" quality, the European Environment Agency said in its annua...

Climate change could double summer rainfall in the Alps: study

Jun 19, 2025 (AFP)

Researchers said that in a scenario where temperatures rise by two degrees Celsius (about 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit), the Alps and nearby regions could experience ...

New Zealand halts aid to Cook Islands over China deals

Jun 19, 2025 (AFP)

New Zealand paused the payments and would not resume them until the Cook Islands took "concrete steps" to restore trust, a spokesman for Foreign Minister Winsto...

Nations advance ocean protection, vow to defend seabed

Jun 13, 2025 (AFP)

But as a cacophony of ship foghorns sounded the close of the UN Ocean Conference in France, a lack of funding pledges and the total omission of fossil fuels dis...