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German farmers warn of drought toll on grain harvest
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
Germany's grain harvest is expected to fall by seven percent this year after months of severe drought and heatwaves, the German Farmers' Association (DBV) said ...
How only a few tree species drive Amazon forest recovery
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
When a destroyed section of the Amazon rainforest begins to recover, nature deploys only a few tree species, which can withstand poor soil conditions, blazing s...
US moves to open vast tracts of pristine forests to logging
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday proposed a rule change that would open 44 million acres of wild, undisturbed forest for road construction and...
Whales spark joy in New York but face threats from boat traffic
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
"WHALE AT ONE O'CLOCK!"
Make it rain: Indonesia chases clouds to stem El Nino fires
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
Indonesia's Borneo, home to pristine rainforest and protected species, is burning. Meteorologist Safillah Anggie Wahyuni hopes a solution lies in the clouds.
Firefighters push to 'encircle' Belgian wildfire
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
Firefighters launched a potentially decisive push Tuesday to encircle Belgium's largest wildfire in a century, despite wind and rain hampering air support opera...
Climate change main driver of European ocean warming: study
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
Climate change is the main driver of Europe's rising marine temperatures, directly adding around 2C of warming in the Mediterranean this summer and severely imp...
German grain harvest seen falling 7% this year amid drought
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
Germany's grain harvest is expected to fall by seven percent this year as a result of severe drought and heatwaves, the German Farmers' Association (DBV) warned...
US moves to open vast tracts of pristine forests to logging
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday proposed a rule change that would open 44 million acres of wild, undisturbed forest for road construction and...
Firefighters in 'decisive' push to encircle Belgian wildfire
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
Firefighters were locked in a potentially decisive push Tuesday to encircle Belgium's largest wildfire in a century, despite rainclouds hampering air support op...
Firefighters in 'crucial' push to encircle Belgian wildfire
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
Firefighters headed into a "crucial" all-night push Tuesday to encircle Belgium's largest wildfire in a century, despite rainclouds paralysing air support opera...
Brazil's Lula hails new oil find as 'passport to the future'
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Monday hailed the discovery of oil near the Amazon coast as a "passport to the future," despite strong oppositi...
Elderly far more at risk from rising heat than thought: study
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
The threat that rising temperatures fuelled by climate change pose to the health of older people has been dramatically underestimated, according to a US modelli...
Canada announces $50 billion plan to boost clean energy
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
Canadian officials announced plans Monday to massively enhance wind and hydropower generation in the eastern part of the country, in a project Ottawa called "th...
Two largest US reservoirs hit record lows amid western drought
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
The two largest reservoirs in the United States have fallen to record lows as a severe drought grips the country's West, according to data released over the wee...
US pauses construction of border project in Texas national park
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
President Donald Trump's administration said Monday it had paused construction on a $1.7 billion border project at Big Bend National Park in Texas that has face...
US man killed by lightning on Sicily's Mount Etna
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
A US man has died after being struck by lightning on Sicily's Mount Etna volcano, Italian firefighters told AFP Monday.
Europe wildfires: latest developments
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
Firefighters in Belgium battled to contain the country's worst wildfire in a century on Monday, while Greece said a deadly blaze near Athens had been controlled...
US pauses construction of border project in Texas national park
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
President Donald Trump's administration said Monday it was pausing construction on a $1.7 billion border project at Big Bend National Park in Texas that has fac...
Europe wildfires: latest developments
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
Firefighters in Belgium battled to contain the country's worst wildfire in a century on Monday, while Greece said a deadly blaze near Athens had been controlled...
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