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London trial probes 2015 Brazil mine disaster
Oct 21, 2024 (AFP)
The High Court in the British capital will examine over several months whether BHP is partly liable for the 2015 collapse of a dam at a mining waste site in Bra...
'Our world collapsed': Brazil dam disaster victims seek justice in UK
Oct 19, 2024 (AFP)
The body of the five-year-old was found five days after Brazil's worst environmental disaster on November 5, 2015. It was triggered by the collapse of a tailing...
King Charles given military honours on first day of Australia tour
Oct 19, 2024 (AFP)
Charles, in addition to being king of realm can now call himself field marshal of Australia's army, marshal of its airforce and admiral of the fleet. It was not...
Global coral bleaching event biggest on record: US agency
Oct 18, 2024 (AFP)
From the beginning of 2023 through October 10, 2024, "roughly 77 percent of the world's reef area has experienced bleaching-level heat stress," Derek Manzello o...
Plankton inflate to six times their size for oceanic migration
Oct 18, 2024 (SPX)
Most phytoplankton are slightly heavier than seawater, which presents a challenge for staying near the surface for photosynthesis. "We decided to work on things...
Climate-hit Pacific Islands plot landmark UN court case
Oct 17, 2024 (AFP)
The International Court of Justice will start hearings on December 2 in a case that will test countries' climate obligations and whether they can be sued for fa...
Canada marine protection plan aims to serve as global model
Oct 16, 2024 (AFP)
But beneath the surface of the area known as the Great Bear Sea, off Vancouver Island, lies an area so rich in biodiversity it has been dubbed the "Galapagos of...
Balancing water supply and demand across western USA
Oct 16, 2024 (SPX)
However, it was flooding, not drought, that was making headlines when we began our research for this story about OpenET, a revolutionary new online platform gea...
Greece badly behind marine conservation targets: ecology groups
Oct 16, 2024 (AFP)
A joint statement signed by nine groups including WWF and Greenpeace said there were "serious gaps in critical areas for their effective protection and the cons...
The long walk for water in the parched Colombian Amazon
Oct 16, 2024 (AFP)
In the Three Frontiers region, where Colombia borders Brazil and Peru, the flow in some spots of the world's biggest river by volume has shrunk by 90 percent, l...
Reoxygenating oceans: startups lead the way in Baltic Sea
Oct 15, 2024 (AFP)
Ocean deoxygenation is one of the issues on the agenda at the UN COP summit on biodiversity, opening on October 21 in Columbia. Researchers from Stockholm Unive...
In the Colombian Pacific, fighting to save sharks
Oct 15, 2024 (AFP)
Its crew of environmentalists is the terror of boats illegally fishing for sharks inside the reserve some 500 kilometers (310 miles) off mainland Colombia -- on...
Europe's water security under threat, environment agency warns
Oct 14, 2024 (AFP)
"The health of Europe's waters is not good. Our waters face an unprecedented set of challenges that threatens Europe's water security," EEA executive director L...
Nile River pact enters into force despite Egypt objections
Oct 14, 2024 (AFP)
The Nile River Basin Cooperative Framework Agreement (CFA) took effect on Sunday after more than a decade of negotiations among countries that share the mighty ...
Bangladesh fisherman killed, dozens detained by Myanmar navy
Oct 11, 2024 (AFP)
Six Bangladeshi vessels fishing near Saint Martin Island, a small outcrop at the mouth of the Naf river that divides the two neighbours, strayed into Myanmar's ...
Loss of lake ice threatens global ecosystems and communities
Oct 11, 2024 (SPX)
Published in 'Science', the study highlights a stark reduction in the duration of lake ice over the past 25 years. The research shows that melting begins at lea...
New tool developed to enhance marine energy project design
Oct 11, 2024 (SPX)
Marine hydrokinetic devices, which convert ocean currents, tides, and waves into electricity, are a promising resource for renewable energy. However, these devi...
US finalizes rule to remove lead pipes within a decade
Oct 08, 2024 (AFP)
The policy is a cornerstone of the White House's environmental justice agenda, since legacy water pipes are mainly located in lower income and racial minority c...
As Great Salt Lake dries, Utah Republicans pardon Trump climate skepticism
Oct 07, 2024 (AFP)
And as director of the western US state's natural resources department, he knows that the drying up of the lake is an "environmental nuclear bomb," threatening ...
UN warns world's water cycle becoming ever more erratic
Oct 07, 2024 (AFP)
Last year the world's rivers were their driest for more than 30 years, glaciers suffered their largest loss of ice mass in half a century and there was also a "...
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