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Almost half of Europe and Mediterranean basin hit by droughtParis (AFP) July 8, 2025 Europe and the Mediterranean basin has been hit by a long-lasting drought covering over 45 percent of the region since mid-March, according to AFP analysis of European Drought Observatory (EDO) data made available on Tuesday. ... more  
Man arrested in Italy for syphoning water from royal palaceRome (AFP) July 10, 2025 Italian police said on Thursday they had arrested a man accused of syphoning off water from an aqueduct feeding the fountains and basins of a palace dubbed the "Italian Versailles" near Naples. ... more  
Drought-hit Serbian raspberry farmers fear 'catastrophic' futureArilje, Serbia (AFP) July 15, 2025 Facing drought and record heat, raspberry farmers in western Serbia are warning of the worst season in decades for one of the world's largest exporters of the fruit. ... more 
Tajikistan's apricot farmers grapple with climate changeIsfara, Tajikistan (AFP) July 16, 2025 Tajik apricot farmer Uktam Kuziev is worried about the future now that climate change is threatening Central Asia's vital fruit harvest. ... more |
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Ivory Coast farmers hope tech tempts jaded youth back to fieldsAbidjan (AFP) July 15, 2025 Stopwatch in hand, dozens of Ivory Coast students raced against the clock to design robots for the farms of the future in the world's top cocoa-producing nation. ... more 
Rivers choose their path based on erosion - a discovery that could transform flood planning and restorationSanta Barbara CA (SPX) Jul 14, 2025 Rivers are Earth's arteries. Water, sediment and nutrients self-organize into diverse, dynamic channels as they journey from the mountains to the sea. Some rivers carve out a single pathway, while o ... more 
Beijing decries 'discriminatory' ban on Chinese purchases of US farmlandBeijing (AFP) July 9, 2025 Beijing condemned on Wednesday new restrictions by Washington on Chinese purchases of US farmland as "discriminatory" and violating international trade rules. ... more 
Rotten insects, viral videos and climate change: S.Korea battles 'lovebug' invasionIncheon, South Korea (AFP) July 9, 2025 K-pop's BTS are grossed out by them. A YouTuber ate them. Hikers plough through them: South Korea is dealing with a "lovebug" invasion that experts say highlights worsening climate change. ... more |
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W. Virginia villagers take on AI-driven power plant boomDavis, United States (AFP) July 15, 2025 Al Tomson, mayor of a tiny town tucked away in an idyllic corner of the eastern United States, points to a spot on a map of his region. ... more |
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Leaking pipes as climate warms: Bulgaria faces water crisisSvishtov, Bulgaria (AFP) July 17, 2025 Bulgarian villager Rumyana Tsoneva keeps opening the tap in her yard in Gorna Studena near the Danube - and keeps finding it dry. ... more 
Pakistan bans new hotel construction around tourist lakesGilgit, Pakistan (AFP) July 18, 2025 Pakistan will ban for five years the construction of new hotels around picturesque lakes in the north that attract tens of thousands of tourists each year, a government agency said. ... more  
EU sets stage for big battle over long-term budgetBrussels, Belgium (AFP) July 16, 2025 The European Commission will kickstart two years of tense negotiations when it unveils its proposal Wednesday for the EU's long-term budget including funding reforms that risk renewed confrontation with farmers. ... more
Nanosheet breakthrough enables low temperature heat storage through water trappingTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 14, 2025 A research collaboration between Tohoku University and the Japan Atomic Energy Agency has developed a nanosheet-based heat storage material capable of capturing excess thermal energy below 100C, a c ... more |
China's 'new farmers' learn to livestream in rural revitalisationYantai, China (AFP) July 9, 2025 Gao Chaorong knows what it takes to turn out good crops of sweet potatoes, peanuts and wheat, but tasty produce is no longer enough to draw China's app savvy crowd. ... more  Available on Amazon Books |
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Defence, joint debt and farmers: EU draws budget battle linesBrussels, Belgium (AFP) July 11, 2025 When the European Union unveils its long-term spending proposals next week, it will kick off the bloc's biggest budget battle in recent history. ... more 
The long slow death of Norway's wild salmonHegra, Norway (AFP) July 9, 2025 Waist-deep in a rain-swollen river, Christer Kristoffersen cast his line, landed it gently on the water, and caught ... nothing. Norway's iconic wild salmon is in dramatic decline, a victim of fish farming and climate change. ... more 
AI robots fill in for weed killers and farm handsLos Banos, United States (AFP) July 6, 2025 Oblivious to the punishing midday heat, a wheeled robot powered by the sun and infused with artificial intelligence carefully combs a cotton field in California, plucking out weeds. ... more 
Drought plunges Poland's longest river to record lowWarsaw (AFP) July 4, 2025 Poland's longest river, the Vistula, on Friday hit a record-low water level in Warsaw, as the country faces an unprecedented drought, the national weather agency said. ... more |
The Seine star of the summer again in ParisParis (AFP) July 5, 2025 The Seine, which played a starring role in the 2024 Paris Olympics, again takes centre stage in the capital this summer with the opening of three bathing sites. ... more 
Drought-hit Morocco turns to desalination to save vegetable bountyAgadir, Morocco (AFP) July 3, 2025 On the drought-stricken plains of Morocco's Chtouka region, cherry tomato farms stretch as far as the eye can see, clinging to life through a single, environmentally contentious lifeline: desalination. ... more  
Philippines biodiversity hotspot pushes back on miningBrookes Point, Philippines (AFP) July 2, 2025 A nickel stockpile towers over farmer Moharen Tambiling's rice paddy in the Philippines' Palawan, evidence of a mining boom that locals hope a new moratorium will tame. ... more 
Sri Lanka court stops state land grab from TamilsColombo (AFP) June 27, 2025 Sri Lanka's top court halted Friday a government move to acquire land in northern regions still reeling from the consequences 16 years after the end of a decades-long civil war. ... more |
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Syria's wheat war: drought fuels food crisis for 16 million Damascus (AFP) June 27, 2025 Rival Syrian and Kurdish producers are scrambling for shrinking wheat harvests as the worst drought in decades follows a devastating war, pushing more than 16 million people toward food insecurity. ... more
Western Japan sees earliest end to rainy season on recordTokyo (AFP) June 27, 2025 Japan's rainy season ended at the earliest date on record in the country's western regions, meteorologists said Friday, as climate change makes global weather patterns less predictable. ... more 
Why the sun is so good at evaporating waterRaleigh, NC (SPX) Jun 26, 2025 A new study is shedding light on why solar radiation is more effective than other forms of energy at causing water to evaporate. The key factor turns out to be the oscillating electric field inheren ... more 
Six million donkeys slaughtered for Chinese medicine: charityAddis Ababa (AFP) June 26, 2025 Almost six million donkeys are slaughtered annually for Chinese medicine, with severe knock-on effects for African villagers who rely on the animals, a UK-based charity said on Thursday. ... more |
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NOAA predicts mild to moderate algal bloom for western Lake ErieWashington DC (UPI) Jun 26, 2025 The NOAA on Thursday forecast a mild to moderate harmful algal bloom for western Lake Erie this summer. ... more |
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India will 'never' restore Pakistan water treaty: minister New Delhi (AFP) June 21, 2025 New Delhi will "never" reinstate a key water treaty it suspended with Pakistan over deadly violence in India-administered Kashmir, the interior minister said in an interview published Saturday. ... more 
Most of Europe's bathing waters safe for swimming: reportCopenhagen (AFP) June 20, 2025 More than three quarters of bathing waters monitored in the European Union, Albania and Switzerland were of "excellent" quality in 2024, the 27-member bloc's environment agency said on Friday. ... more  
S.Africa's iconic protea flower relocates as climate warmsCullinan, South Africa (AFP) June 19, 2025 On his farm two hours north of Johannesburg, Nico Thuynsma gestured towards thousands of orange, yellow and pink proteas in flower and thriving 1,500 kilometres (930 miles) from their natural home at the southern tip of Africa. ... more 
Climate change could double summer rainfall in the Alps: studyGeneva (AFP) June 19, 2025 Short, intense summer rainfall in Alpine regions is likely to become more frequent and severe in the future because of global warming, according to a study released Thursday by the University of Lausanne (UNIL). ... more |
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